Bloom Day
May 15, 2008
Spring seems to have come a bit late this year, but we still have a lot blooming. It still amazes me that my 50 minute drive south and east to work reveals a universe weeks ahead of where my plants are at home. But we’re still coming along just fine.
A stroll around the garden revealed these:
Top left: Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ just getting ready to bloom; Top right: Salvia, but I don’t know what kind. Bottom left: Clematis with a lot more bloom than climb; Bottom right: Geranium. Cranesbill. You know.
Also blooming: raspberries, heuchera, azaleas (some just finishing up and some just getting started), Aquilegia ‘Nora Barlow’, Centaurea montana ‘Cupid’s Dart’, calibrachoa, nepeta, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and a bunch of stuff I can’t name (yet). The thalictrum is just about to bloom, along with some campanula, fuschia and dahlia. And you ought to see the size of the buds on the Oriental poppy! Looks to be a good year for them. Here’s a bloom from a past year.
No wonder I’m so excited about these getting ready to pop!
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1. Tina Ramsey | May 15, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I LIKE that montage of your lovely blooms! Don’t you love the itea?
2. carla21 | May 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I knew I’d find pretty pictures if I came here! Imagine the opposite of that and you have my garden.
3. Carol, May Dreams Gardens | May 15, 2008 at 3:33 pm
That’s a nice grouping of flowers, a nice variety.
Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
4. Pam | May 17, 2008 at 1:15 am
love the photos. Do you like the nepeta? I’ve been on the fence about including it in the new front yard garden. It’s supposed to need little water and bloom and grow without too much attention.
5. Mr. McGregor's Daughter | May 18, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Beautiful blooms! Is that Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’ or ‘Bee’s Jubilee’ (or something else, ‘Dr. Ruppel’)? Whatever it is, you’re doing something right, it’s great.
6. Lisa | May 19, 2008 at 5:21 pm
You certainly are doing something right! I remember the excitement of Poppy Watch!
7. Tania | May 21, 2008 at 12:58 am
I just love those poppies!