June GBBD 2014
On this June Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, I'm reminded of how much I appreciate my husband for letting me do what I want in our gardens. He sweetly keeps the lawn mowed and helps me water our vegetable garden but never tells me no or comments that my obsessive gardening ways are a bit over the top. Thanks dear! I wouldn't be able to have my gardens with out you!
And now onto what is blooming in June.
It's a mixed bag of weather as spring moves into summer here in the Pacific Northwest. Rainy days linger but this year we've already seen week long spreads of sunshine and warmth.
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| Heirloom Peony variety unknown |
My peony put on a fantastic display of scent and color. Deep, rose pink color with a delicious scent..and it was a gift from a neighbor's long established cottage garden.
The back corner of my shade garden has my Endless Summer 'Bailmer' hydrangea blooming with um..not so blue blooms. I've enjoyed the foliage color combinations of 'Sweet Tea' Heucherella, Autumn Fern, Blue Columbine, Paradise Island hosta, Great Expectations hosta and Dwarf Japanese Ceder 'Little Diamon' (Cryptomeria Japonica 'Little Diamond'). I feel like I've finally gotten this corner 'right' and will be excited to see these plants mature and fill in.
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| Bright Orange Asiatic Lily |
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| This garden traveler was removed from my tender hosta gardens to the weed patch of buttercups. Maybe he'll help clear out that horrific space? |
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| Cistus x purpureus Alan Fradd with Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' |
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| English Lavender |
Happy Garden Blogger's Bloom Day! Join Carol over at May Dreams Garden to see beautiful blooms from around the world.
Cheers, Jenni
Lovely blooms! Especially the Cistus.
ReplyDeleteLovely pic of the lavender. Ironically, living in one of the wettest parts of England, I can't grow it! Perhaps I should give it a try in pots too.
ReplyDeleteOkay your first photo has left me speechless. What a combo! Everything is looking wonderful, Jenny.
ReplyDeleteOh, that rock rose is gorgeous! And I envy your peonies. I stopped growing them because I always forgot to stake them and they'd end up blooming on the ground. Happy bloom day!
ReplyDeleteYou are the first person I know to relocate one of those garden visitors rather than squish him. You deserve some sort of humanitarian, er...slugarian...award.
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer. Your husband sounds just like mine..."never tells me no or comments that my obsessive gardening ways are a bit over the top". Isn't it great to have so much love and support?
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks wonderful. I really like that cryptomeria in the center. Such interesting foliage. You were so kind to that snail. I have to admit I'm not quite that forgiving. :)
Wow - that last photo of lavender against the blue and yellow made my Swedish heart twitch a little. So pretty! Alas, Sweden didn't even make it into the World Cup this time around, so I'll have to root for my other country! And, that Cistus/Angelina combo is stunning!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blooms all! The first picture of the peony in front of delphiniums reminds me of the gardens in my home town in Alaska. Those two perennials make it through zone 3 winters and look beautiful together!
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