In the Garden

For someone who isn't all that fond of pink, I sure do have a lot of pink flowers. Thing is, they are beautiful. Soon my yellow daylilies and coreopsis will start blooming and my white coneflowers and shasta daisies. The hollyhocks are getting very tall and buds are nice and plump. If I remember correctly they are shades of soft pinks and yellows. The butterfly bush is filling out and when it starts blooming we will have a pop of deep purple. But I will miss my poppies and peonies. The scent of the peonies is absolutely heavenly but the intense heat is making them fade fast. Alas, I guess I'll just have to wait a year to see my flower friends again.

4 Days In the Garden...

Foxglove

Salvia

"Coral Reef" Oriental Poppy

Siloam Doodlebug Daylily(3rd year)

Threadleaf Coreopsis (2nd year)

"Raspberry Pixie" Daylily (2nd year)

Meadowsweet (1st year)

Garden Phlox

Heuchera (coral bells)

Hollyhocks (2nd year)

"Coral Reef" poppy

"Coral Reef" poppy (front) standard orange poppy (back)

I lied. I thought the next update would be thrilling but between the rain and then steamy hot weather, I finished very little of my outdoor projects over the holiday weekend. Today and tomorrow the wee tot and I will be going outside to get our raised bed up, filled and planted. Maybe the next garden entry will have the fruits of our labor until then, these photos are of the latest blooms and growth over the last four days(and, with the exception of the very first photo,are in chronological order). :o)

In the Garden - First Poppy Edition

Oriental Poppy
This plant may have been from a seed planting as it was suppose to be a 'Princess Louise' which is a pinkish color. Obviously, this is not pink but it sure is pretty. Poppies might well be the only flower I would take in any hue :o)

I am enthralled by these flowers.
They only last for a couple weeks each year, so temporary,
but they make my heart sing whenever I see them.

Note: new shutter color highlights the lush green of the plants. It also makes the yellow of the house read more of a cream color.

Another seed planting. What color will this poppy be?

So many buds. Bear with me.
I will surely take many photos and at least a couple of the entire flower bed when in full bloom.

Now this poppy from seed(above) may well end up having the 'Princess Louise' coloring. Note the hairs on the bud are a different color on this particular poppy.

Lest we not forget the other flowers in my garden that are budding.
Heuchera(Coral Bells) (above)

Armeria

Digitalis (Foxglove)

Salvia

Unknown Lily (no bud yet, will we ever know what this is?)

Dianthus(Fire Witch)