Also, some Googling shows that this Asiatic lily is probably ‘Lollipop’.
First Lily of the Summer
Category Archives: gardening
trying not to kill the beautiful things
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: June 2018
The peonies have come and gone here in my Zone 6 garden, but there’s plenty more to enjoy.
While Dr. Huey (née Tamora) is nearing the end of its annual bloom flush (and is no longer particularly photogenic), my other roses are looking fantastic.
First, there’s this unnamed white rose that is a major trooper, blooming and reblooming reliably from June through October:
David Austin Heritage English Rose
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May 2018
Bloom Day is the 15th of each month… and that’s exactly when I took these photos, even though today’s post is dated the 24th. Heh.
My Zone 6 garden is well on its way to waking up from winter, despite a slow start to the spring. In the week since I took these photos, many more blooms have opened up — including my one of my favorites, the tree peony. But, since we’re talking Bloom Day and not today, I’ll keep my photos to the ones I actually took on the 15th.
First Iris of the Season
I moved several irises last summer in the hopes of better balancing out my garden design — and getting some irises to bloom that I’d never seen in bloom in the six summers I’ve been in this house.
This particular iris is one that has been in this spot the whole time, yet this year is the first it’s bloomed for me.
I’ll take it.