Morning Glories on the front railing.Many flowers have come and gone since the last post, in particular some lovely Orienpet Lilies. The Orientals are just about to open, so I'll have to get snaps of those!
The Garden Goes On
Morning Glories on the front railing.Many flowers have come and gone since the last post, in particular some lovely Orienpet Lilies. The Orientals are just about to open, so I'll have to get snaps of those!
Past, Present, Future
As Spring gives way to Summer, earlier week's flowers have faded while others are hitting their peak and still more are gearing up to put on a show...
The Siberian Irises have past their prime.
One of my favorite plants, Heliopsis 'Prairie Sunset'. I first saw this variety at another house in the neighborhood. It took me three years to get this mature plant. I have two more younger plants in other areas of the garden.
Waves of Moonbeam Coreopsis fill many areas of the main bed. I just planted six small pots of the pink variety, Coreopsis American Dream, in among the existing yellow plants. (This photo is the desktop picture on my new MacBook!)
My 2008 Menard's 'General Sikorski' Clematis is starting to bloom. I hope the whole trellis will be covered in flowers in the next week or so.
Asiatic Lilies are starting to bloom all over the garden. These are from BloomingBlub.com.
More Asiatic Lilies--planted three years ago. They've become a mass that probably should be divided.
New Asiatic Lily from the Spring NSLS sale, I don't remember what the name is, but I bought three of them.
The Hydrangeas are in full bloom, even though I never trimmed off last year's dead flowers.
There are a couple of Coneflowers blooming currently...
... but most are still working up to it.
Not all blooms are large and come in bold, bright colors, some are more subtile like this Karl Foerster grass. It seems a bit early for it to be flowering.
I haven't spent all of my time wandering around the yard with my camera. In the last two days I bagged 120 apples on the tree in the front yard. The bags are to protect the fruit from flies that lay eggs in the tiny apples. "They" say you should get them covered by July 1st-- although I'm not sure the flies have a calendar. Many apples had small specks of sticky dew on them that I suspect were the result of the flies already doing their business.
There is a lot more fruit this year than last. Last year I bagged 65 apples, but once the squirrels ran out of unbagged apples from the top of the tree, they went after the bagged ones. I ended up harvesting the last nine apples early to keep them away from the tree rats. I hope this year turns out a bit better.
This Week's Best Blooms (wk of 6/22)
Hudine ClematisIn its fourth year. It took three years to finally bloom and is very nice this year.
Martagon LilyJealous, Karen? While the petals are shiny, they are not as glossy as it looks in this picture. I picked the largest bulb I could find at the Fall 2008 NSLS sale. I was rewarded with two stems of flowers!
AlliumIn catalogs, these are shown close-up in tight groups that make the flowers look quite large. However, the flowers are less than an inch and a half across.
'Purple Emperor' SedumI finally moved these last year after two years in a poor location. They are much happier in their new location.
Asiatic LiliesMy first lilies of the season. I ordered six yellow lilies a couple of years ago and found that five were these mystery variety. This year I have to remember to move the odd yellow one to a new spot.
YarrowLast Summer, I moved a few sprigs of these from one of the many a wild patches in the lawn to the new "garage bed". In their former location, they could only grow in the two week spurts between mowings. Now they are free to reach their potential.
Oriental PoppyUnfortunately, these poppies were in bloom a very short time this year and I missed getting a picture of them at their peak.
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