More Flowers

There are a number of flowers that did not make it into the Bloom Day post. That's just the way it goes. It would be impossible to list every blooming flower in this garden in a single post. Too many of the weeds up here are wild flowers. The Dwarf Crested Iris is not a weed though.

When it is in a happy spot, it grows like a weed. This is one third of one patch, the smallest patch. It likes more sun than you might imagine.

An interesting thing happened with the Phacelia purshii that has begun to spread in my part of the gardens. There is a distinctly purple color that has showed up in an otherwise light blue population. I have only seen this purple in this one place.

I planted a lot of blue and purple things. Amsonia tabernaemontana has started to bloom. This plant also has good fall and winter bone structure.

The Solomon's Plume, Maianthemum racemosum will be in full bloom shortly - if the damn deer don't eat them. Damn varmints!

This year the Big Bold Foliage and all the ferns have escaped the spring freezes. Now we just need to avoid the hail. Cinnamon Fern and Darmera peltata are rising unscathed. So far.

I have come to realize deep in my bones there will never be a perfect gardening year. Some form of pestilence always occurs. A random act of weather can cause destruction at any moment. The world is full of varmints and I have to be willing to share. If only they would eat the weeds I don't like. I got plenty.

The good news is, in abundance many somethings can have their best year ever. They grow strong and multiply. I will mow the paths and more this weekend. It is time. The maintenance gardener will be satisfied.