Peonies, Foxglove and Clematis

Peoniew aren't supposed to bloom the first year after transplanting, and sometimes not until 3 years later. Someone forgot to tell Madame Emile Debatene that. Both of those as well as Felix Crouse are blooming (Felix does not have open buds so isn't pictured). Madame smells as good as she looks and I cut a couple of blooms for the house.

A couple more iris deigned to bloom

A foxglove hid amognst some rogue rose campions, I don't even know where it came from. It picked a good spot as I have been mowing around the rose campions even though they are outside the landscape timbers of the stairway bed.

Two different Clematis vines, situated about 5 feet apart but they have blooms on opposite sides of the pillars.

And last, a Baptisia (false indigo) with a bumble bee

I cropped up the picture so the bee is in the very center

I should get some Felix peony blooms this week to capture, although they look much like Madame's, the size and foliage is a bit different.

Comments

[Cop Car]

I note that your gorgeous maple keeps trying to steal the thunder of your blossoms, in the first photo. All of your posies are gorgeous and you took such good photos of them. For decades I have intended to plant clematis; but, obviously, never have. I'll have to check on the conditions they like. There are a couple of gaps in Fred's fence that I would like to screen. If those locations would work, clematis might be the answer.'

Thanks for sharing your flowers and for putting in the hard work to produce them.

[bogie]

Clematis like cool roots (lots of mulch or some sort of plant as ground cover), part sun to sun and a fair amount of moisture.

[Cop Car]

Thanks, Sweetheart. Might be too sunny where I want vines and a pain to keep enough moisture.