In bloom this week: May 7, 2017

Aquilegia

I spend most of last week away from home, traveling for work, and it was so nice to come home to a bunch of new blooms. The weather was warm here and then rained (plus I missed an impressive lightening storm) and that seems to be what my plants wanted.

Shrubs in the front yard; lilacs are going quickly this year, I think the rain makes them fade away faster:

Lilac

Second variety of lilac

Wisteria

Flowers in my native meadow:

Shooting star

Shooting star

Camas

Camas

Camas

Have to look this one up

Aquilegia all around the yard, grown from seed last year:

In the rose garden - yes, the first rose of the year!

Allium

Also allium - chives

Creeping phlox

What's next? Two of my three peonies planted last year have buds! And irises all around the yard.

Peony

Bearded iris

Bearded irises and delphinium