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Friday, June 2, 2017

In bloom this week: June 2, 2017

Peonies

Peonies are blooming! I planted three in the fall of 2015 and they didn't bloom last year, but two are finally blooming now. Roses are taking off now too, and they're a great combination, I'm really enjoying my rose garden right now.

This should be a red peony, but I would call it a dark pink

Rose

The red roses are very hard to get a good picture of

Unknown rose

Bearded iris

Aquilegia

Catmint, geranium and allium seed heads

Unknown succulent from my mom

In a shadier bed below the rose garden, the lemon balm and geraniums are battling for dominance, but foxglove don't care.

Foxglove, geranium and lemon balm

Across the driveway, just a few blooms in my new dry shade border. This area should fill in a lot by next year.

Geranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness'

Cedar sage, grown from seed

Around back, one of my new rhododendrons is blooming. This whole area will be shady when my new red maple tree grows, but for now I still have sun loving flowers here too.

Rhododendron 'Lee's Dark Purple'

Mixed delphiniums

Bearded irises are almost done

At the bottom of the yard, lots of blooms on the sunny hillside and meadow too.

Seaside daisy, Oregon sedum and sea thrift

Salvia 'Hot Lips', smaller than last year but survived the winter

Rock rose

Mixed poppies in the back corner

Poppies

What's next? After we eat some strawberries, I'm very curious to see what this mountain laurel will look like in bloom.

Yum!

Mountain laurel, kalmia latifolia

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2017

Irises

The heavy rain started before I could shut down at work yesterday, so no bloom pictures from May 15th. We'll have to settle for the 16th. Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the mid-month roundup of what's in bloom around the world.

Most roses aren't blooming yet, but plenty of other plants in my rose garden are covering for them:

Allium

Bearded irises

Chives

Aquilegia

Catmint

Rose blooming on the other side of the driveway

Around the rest of the yard, the aquilegia seem to be a theme:

Wisteria

Aquilegia in retaining wall bed

Hardy kiwi

Strawberries, yumm

Lupine

Aquilegia holding it's own against the raspberries

Oops, this aquilegia was supposed to be red

Aquilegia

Thrift

New clematis

Inside, I can never get a good picture of my African violets:

What's next? Many more irises, delphiniums, lupine, roses and annuals in hanging baskets:

Friday, October 14, 2016

In bloom this week: Oct. 14, 2016

Reblooming hollyhocks

Summer seems well past with near freezing temperatures a couple of mornings this week and now two wind storms. Tomorrow may bring as strong of winds as we've seen in ten years. I'm not too worried about damage in our yard, we don't have any big trees, but this is probably it for most of the summer flowers. I managed to get outside to enjoy them in a brief break from the pouring rain this afternoon.