Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May, 2018

Bearded irises

I'm sure I've been working outside every day this month, hauling topsoil and wood chips, planting, weeding, watering. But even the harder physical labor feels like a respite from the stress of the job that pays the bills. Spring is such a lovely time to be outdoors, something new is blooming everywhere I turn!

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly roundup of blooms.

My red collection of bearded irises, planted last summer

The hardiest bearded irises ever

This bearded iris was a freebie

My oldest bearded iris, rescued from a shady bed

Non-bearded irises

Aquilegia

Camassia and California poppies

Riverbank lupine is taking over my meadow

Limnanthes douglasii

Chives

Dogwood, cornus kousa 'Rosy Teacups', still a baby

Roses are just starting

Jupiter's beard, centranthus ruber, planted from seed last year

Foxglove, planted from seed last year

Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'

Big blooms on a baby Rhododendron 'Polarnacht' 

Unknown rhododendron in the front yard

What's next? Peonies! All three that I planted in the fall of 2016 have buds this year.

In bloom this week: April 30, 2018

Lilacs!

Spring is here, the lilacs are finally blooming! I expect they'll fade quickly though after warm weather last week, then rain, and now more sunshine coming. Ah well, I think there are enough other flowers to console me. 

Lilacs in the rain

Camassia

Camassia

Bleeding hearts filling in nicely along with other native groundcover

Dodecatheon

Limanthes douglasii, Meadow Foam, just starting to bloom

Beargrass!

Apple blossoms

Blueberries

Strawberries

Tulips

Tulips, I'm pretty sure these were all supposed to be the same

Aquilegia, planted from seed 2 years ago

Clematis

Creeping phlox

More aquilegia planted from seed

Forget-me-nots

Coming soon: more camassia, lupine, many bearded irises, and I'm very excited that all three of my peonies have buds.

In bloom this week: May 23, 2017

The weather seems to have gone from early spring to mid-summer in just a few days. Three days in a row over 80 degrees, a little cool down expected tomorrow and then back over 80. I still have seedlings to plant, did some tonight, hoping to get the rest in tomorrow. My garden loves the weather, something new is blooming every time I go outside.

In the rose garden:

Rose and chives

Rose and catmint

Dutch iris

Aquilegia

Chives

Bearded iris

Creeping bellflower

Bearded iris

Allium

Allium and catmint

Clematis by the mailbox

Flower garden next to the house - this area will eventually be shaded out by the maple tree that I planted this spring, but the flowers are still happy for now:

Lupine

Delphinium

Bearded iris

Bearded iris

Bearded iris

Aquilegia

Nearby, new clematis and rose to climb up the shed:

Sunny hillside and meadow:

Douglas meadowfoam and white meadowfoam

Camassia

California poppy

Lupine

Aquilegia

Thrift

Sedum

Coming soon - my first peonies and a new rhodie!