It’s my first year growing zucchini! 
Dortmund climbing rose 
Unnamed white rose 
Dr. Huey (RIP, Tamora) 
No-ID lily 
This spread into a container, and I don’t mind. 
I think this is a white lamium? 
Miss Wilmott 
David Austin Heritage 
Shade-lovers 
Close-up of purple and chartreuse 
Found this monarch caterpillar in my front garden!
Category Archives: bloom day
garden bloggers bloom day is the 15th of each month
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May 2020
Mid-May always seems to be when the early bloomers have faded (hyacinth and daffodils, mostly), but the full-on Spring color hasn’t quite broken through.
These red single peonies are always the first peonies to bloom. 
I transplanted these camassia to this spot from their awkward placement in a different border a couple years ago. 
Here are the camassia with the peonies (which may get transplanted elsewhere this fall). 
This is one of the few Tulip Angelique that have survived for some three or four years.
In another two weeks, the double peonies and the Siberian irises and the roses will all be in bloom. By the next Bloom Day, many of those will also have faded, but others will come to take their place.
As always, many thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens for hosting Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day on the 15th of each month!
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April 2020
Nope, that title is not a typo. I’m going to document last month before I get into this month.
It snowed on April 15 this year, which is not as unusual in northern Ohio as people seem to think. My birthday is April 22, so I tend to remember these things. I never count out the possibility of snow until after my birthday.
Luckily, no harm came to any blooms or foliage from the snow — nothing would have come up already that couldn’t handle a little cold.
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: March 2020
First bloom of the season: dwarf reticulated iris. Such a welcome sight this afternoon.
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: February 2020
The kalanchoes seem to like the west-facing kitchen window: for the first time in the years I’ve had these, all three colors are in bloom at once.
Outside, I can see some daffodil greens peeking up in the early spring border. Spring is on the way… eventually.