Garden Delights: May and June

This month of July has been a 'time out' from blogging, and I appreciate the readers who have e-mailed, inquiring about my health or even my whereabouts. There's a lot of catching up to do, but I wanted to start by posting some garden photos that have been languishing in the blog file for a while, now. Above is part of our front bed in mid-June. We finally started putting the plants close enough together for an impact. Impatiens and hostas were the stars in this scene.

For Mothers Day in May, Norm gave me this lovely hydrangea. This is an everblooming variety and we love it's clear blue color.








About three years ago I found this daylily at a garden center and had to have it: its name is Judith. The pink salmon blooms were long-lasting this year.


One of the joys of inheriting another person's perennials in the garden is the occasional surprise. This was our 5th spring season at our present home, and we had never seen this pure white asiatic-type lily before. It came up in a clump of yellow Stella D'Oro lilies and had only two blooms.


Norm loves "old fashioned" roses, like this single pink rose here. It's a hardy bush we acquired two years ago and even though we don't really have enough sun for most roses, this one blooms from early spring until frost near the front porch.


In addition to old fashioned roses, an old-fashioned yellow rose is Norm's absolute favorite. We have had this one for about 3 years in the back border, and it blooms all season as well.



We have started a columbine collection and last year added this yellow one to it. This year it bloomed early and late in the rock garden at the front of the house.







A new addition to the backyard border this year was the Red Carpet Lily. We enjoyed these in early June.



A main stay of our back yard garden is the daylily bed that Lois had already established. Last year Norm dug them up and divided and re-set them, and they rewarded us with profuse, beautiful flowers in June, starting just after we returned home from the family reunion.