We haven't had a very good year in the flower gardens. Sure, things are blooming, but they aren't as nice as they usually are. We had a cold, wet spring, whcih is probably the reason the blooms haven't lived up to past years. That being said, there are a couple of plants that look better this year than they have in the past - all pictures taken on June 7.
Fringe Tree (Old Man's Beard) - a native plant that I planted a couple of years ago. This is the first time it has really bloomed. The plant to the right of it is a Fragrant Abelia, which was planted about 3 years ago.
The Cotoneaster has been around since we put the fence in (2003). It blooms every year, but this year it is more consistant and doesn't have the patchy appearance of blooms that it normally does.
I finally have iris starting to bloom. It was funny, when I took these pictures, they were the only two iris open, 2 different colors, in two different gardens, on different sides of the driveway.
Behind the yellow iris is the Wine and Roses Weigela. It looks much better as a backdrop to the picture than it does when looking directly at the shrub. I had to wack it back last fall when we were haveing the house worked on, so it's doing the best it can, with what it has.
The vegetable garden is doing well, I'll have to get some shots of it to share with you later.
Beautiful, beautiful, Bogie.
Posted by: Cop Car | June 12, 2011 at 09:08 AM