trying not to kill the beautiful things
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:
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.
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.
Putting my son on the bus every morning gives me the opportunity to walk past my flowerbeds daily (instead of just driving past them as I come up the driveway in the evening) and keep closer tabs on what starts blooming when.
The candytuft also started blooming this morning, but this Camassia won the photogenic award for today.
