This Week in the Garden – June 15

I hope you like pictures of plants and flowers because there’s a LOT of them in this post! I have not figured out any particular order, so I’m just going to dive right into it…

Last week I showed you these pretty darker pink astilbe, and this week they were complimented by another round of flowering celandine (wood) poppies!

This is the third time I think this particular wood poppy has bloomed, or at least, a poppy has bloomed in this location.

Here’s a detail of the astilibe, as it has really fluffed out.

I found another astilibe in the lower garden, a very deep, dark purple astilibe. At first, I thought it may have been dead stalks from last year, but on closer inspection it is a new bloom.

Also in the vegetable bed, the zucchini plant I bought this year is flowering. I have plans to make zucchini bread.

The foxglove still isn’t finished yet either, a couple more stalks have branched off the main head.

I haven’t talked about the vegetables and herbs I planted this year, but up on the deck I have some herbs in pots. The basil is already flowering. I’ve already taken a couple of cuttings from it to start new plants as well. It’s been wonderful to have fresh herbs to use in recipes!

I also have this planter on the deck that I filled with a “crazytunia” I bought, as well as a dusty miller, and some red shiso seedlings. I like the red shiso, I think it’s a pretty plant- but it wants to self sow itself everywhere.

Growing up the trellis on the side of the deck, I found a vine flowering. I had no idea what this plant was, except that it had no problem sticking to my siding and tried to grow up under it as well. When I cut it back, there was also a sticky white sap that oozed out of the vine. Doing a little bit of digging on the internet, I think it is most likely Confederate Jasmine.

At the base of the deck, on the other side of a path from the jasmine is a small patch of black mondo grass. I found it blooming this week. I find it interesting that the newer blades are bright green, and then turn darker as they age.

And just around the corner from the mondo grass, a pretty new daylily opened up. “Jolyene Nichole” has about a 5 inch bloom and is about 12-18 inches tall.

A couple of other daylillies opened up this week in the lower garden as well. I don’t know the varieties of either, but one is a very pretty medium pink color with a darker rose and yellow center.

And this one, only visible when you are down in the garden, is also a pretty pink with a lighter pink and yellow center.

Two weeks ago I had a couple pictures of some Annabelle Hydrangeas that were blooming. The one on the “hosta stairs” is looking very pretty, but needs to be trimmed back a little bit as it is protruding into the path a bit too much.

Another hydrangea started blooming in the lower garden, a lacecap hydrangea. Unfortunately, I think all of the other hydrangeas suffered from the cold winter and will not have any blooms this year.

The Annabelle hydrangea in the front yard is also doing nicely, and the roses have more blossoms! This picture was taken from my neighbor’s side. They have a nice view too. :)

Also up front, is a little rose with a nice yellow flower.

Towards the front, another new bloom took me by surprise by opening what seemed to be overnight. This is a spotted bellflower or campanula punctata. And you can tell why on the inside of the flower.

Closer to the veggie patch, I thought there was another blue or purple bellflower blooming. A couple of the stems couldn’t seem to stay upright, and there aren’t that many of them, but they are still pretty. After digging around in the box again, I wonder if they are Ladybells (adenophora confusa). It is similar to campanula, and is in the campanulacae family, but i shaped differently and blooms lomger. Strangely though, my information sheet says they don’t bloom until July or August.  This could be a different species that blooms a little earlier. Or maybe because it’s been hot like summer already.

More and more hosta are sending up their stalks with blooms. There are quite a few, and unfortunately I haven’t figured out what most of them are yet. Some of my favorites are the blue hosta, and the bright green almost yellow hosta with lavender flowers.

Last week I showed you some yucca blooms, and here’s a nice shot of the two tall plants at the base of the driveway.

They have already lost their blooms, but the variegated yucca at the end of the driveway is doing nicely. It started blooming this week.

The gooseneck loosestrife started blooming up and down the rock slide. I was also able to find a label for this in the box-o-plants. Apparently this plant can be a little thuggish as well, so I won’t feel so bad if I take a couple out.

And the Nandina has blossoms on it which will turn to beautiful bright red berries in the fall. I think it’s just getting started.

And last, but not least, is the beginning of the crape myrtle! This first early bloomer started next to the house.

I love crape myrtles for their long lasting blooms. I will have flowers on them from now until late fall.

It’s hard to believe that we’ve lived here for nearly nine months now!

 

 

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