The siberian irises seem to do well here. Interested in any? I expect to do quite a bit culling of the clumps I have. We can figure out how to hand off, if you are.
We have a few more things popping... The hydrangeas are showing lots of color. This is the old fashioned gardenia. You can smell it over the whole yard. It's drooping from a heavy rain shower yesterday The knockout roses are starting their 2nd cycle of blooms The lantanas are really beginning to love the hot weather. Great for the butterflies
Here is eye popping colour but not in a good way. Scottish broom takes over any vacant land that has had machinery on it. Glorious colour but very invasive.
I think I would be interested in a few. I have a shade to sun area along the house that is currently devoid of plants. It needs some soil ammending, but I can work on that. Maybe even later this summer into the fall as they go dormant would be fine.
Almost looks like fall settling in with those golden colors. Invasives are so labor-intensive to eradicate.
Unless they were planted in deep shade, the iris should have been okay. If they just didn't bloom, then their rhizomes were under too much dirt (as in, they like to be showing above ground. They do not like wet areas - well, most don't but some do quite well.
I found a foxglove growing in amonst the rose campion - on the side of the landscape timber they aren't supposed to be growing. Weird because I don't think my foxglove down in the shade garden survived, so not sure where this came from. I will say it picked a good place to hide as I have been mowing around the rose campion - I probably never would have realized if I was mowing over a young foxglove. Baptisia (false indigo) with a bee In case you needed help seeing that bee
Not flowers or foliage, but the bluebird was over one clover patch and the doe was grazing in the one out back. I'll get an updated pic of the clover patch over the septic tank that was a dirt patch a few weeks ago. The clover really attracts the wildlife. The doe was a little out of focus as the pic was taken through dark woods and she was in a clearing out back here. No fawns seen yet. It was very quiet, and when she decided to leave, she let out some snorts that were pretty loud. Probably warning others in the area.
Turkey poults in the clover this morning. About 15 of them picking away. Some fleabane that was already in the flower bed.
A couple of iris in the driveway garden. First up a peachish. Wnated to make sure I got the darker colors that highlight, so did a close-up one too. Disappointed that my yellow with white center iris had one flag curled. The flower behind it balled up like roses do when waterlogged - but its been dry here so don't know what the issue is. Madame Emile Debatene peony. Man, these flowers are huge and bright (no photoshop enhancements). Too bad I didn't arrange a better background. They say peonies usually don't bloom the first year after planting, and don't bloom well until 3+ years . Glad none of the peonies I placed in the roadside garden last July listened to that saying
Very nice bogieb, our peonies are about to open. Ferns along the house growing in deep, dark soil. The downspout empties out close by.
I've been slacking off. Clematis starting to bloom Woodland anemones coming up in the patio cracks Some kind of hardy bulb Yellow foxglove A small leaved hosta that has purple flowers later If anyone wants a bite of any of this, let me know.
The two clematis in the shrub garden have opened up. It is weird - the on in the first picture has most of it's blooms facing the sun (I am facing north to take pic) The second clematis has most of its flowers facing away from the sun (this picture is looking south).
I find that I find that most flowers face the brightest sky. If the brightest sky is to the north, due to shade to the south, then it is what it is. My clematis needs to be dug up and replanted in place, after some soil ammendments.
That old lighthouse looks good up there! Huge flowers. I direct seeded the fancy echinacea you gave me a while back. No seedlings, maybe the hybrids are sterile. Oh well. Haven't planted the false indigo. I can think of a place for it, though.
The two are planted 4-5 feet from each other, so don't have that much different light. The bush on the left of the first picture is the same bush to the left in the second picture (winterberry). Although, the second one does get a bit more evening shade from a tree that is to the right of the cement blocks.
