Well, it's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day! I guess I need to take a little break from showing other people's gardens and check out what's flowering in my own.
Starting in the front garden:
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| Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle) |
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| Dianthus barbatus 'Sooty' |
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| California poppies, Campanula and rose campion |
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| Nigella with the seedheads of Geum triflorum |
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| This peach-colored Digitalis was my hardy replacement for the Digiplexis that was all the rage a few years ago -- not as exotic or bright but it works for me and it comes back every year |
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| Eremurus has sent up tall spires, but frustratingly none of the blooms are actually open yet |
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| Salvia, California poppies (and weeds) |
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| Clematis 'Niobe' and purple Cotinus |
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| Kniphofia and Phlomis |
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| Hemerocallis 'El Desperado' (with just the tiniest hint of a dark purple picotee on the ruffled edges) |
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| Callistemon subulatus 'Dark Red' |
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| Styrax japonicus always flowers profusely despite extreme neglect |
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| Lavandula stoechas |
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| Lavandula stoechas 'Boysenberry Ruffles' |
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| Lavandula stoechas 'Boysenberry Ruffles' |
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| Creeping Thyme growing in gravel |
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| Echevaria |
In the back garden:
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| Lily 'Matrix' with Ray's Golden Campion (the tall pink flowers) |
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| Lily 'Forever Susan' |
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| A small native tiger lily, I can never remember if it's Lilium columbianum or L. pardalinum |
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| I moved my peonies from front to back this spring and they're protesting by flowering less profusely |
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| Honeysuckle |
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| More buds coming along -- although thte flower smells so good and is pretty and exotic-looking, I almost like it better in bud, those big red swelling fingers! Ah well, I'm sure the hummingbirds prefer them open |
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| Tuberous Begonia |
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| Another beautifully scented flower, Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile' (mockorange) |
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| Black Calla lilies waiting in the pot ghetto |
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| Paris polyphylla |
There's more, but I think that's enough for now.
Carol at May Dreams gardens hosts Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, check out her post
here.
