I have accidentally created two identical threads for June 2017 and am unable to delete either one of them. Therefore, seeing as June is a heavy month for garden photos, I'm going to post a link on each to the other thread and leave both (not as if I have any choice). Use whichever thread you like to post pictures of your June gardens. Hopefully both threads will fill up somewhat equally.

The link to the other June Garden Photo thread is here:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4671408/show-us-your-gardens-june-2017

Here are some photos I took yesterday:

The alliums which reappeared magically this year. I had given them up for dead!

In another garden the rhubarb is ready. I made a pie!

And a couple pictures of the very green landscape. The first, a badly joined composite of two photos, is looking to the northeast, and the other, looking toward the southeast.

Nice, spedigrees, but now I want pie for dinner! It's so great to see green everywhere again.

My first daylily opened on May 28 - this is the daylily today, June 2.

H. 'Orangeman'

The rugosa roses are opening:

That's pink 'Yankee Lady' on the right:

and white 'Blanc Double de Coubert' on the left:

The doublefile viburnums are blooming by the deck:

Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake'

And Siberian irises also by the deck:

Rhododendron 'Anah Kruschke' is in full bloom. Two other rhododendrons are still opening.

Houzz will probably cut me off at ten pictures so I'll add a couple more in another post.

Claire

Hardy geraniums are blooming. G. macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' is everywhere. It seems to have an affinity for hostas (and almost everything else).

And Geranium 'Biokovo' is opening next to the big dicentra 'Gold Heart' by the steps.

And the little 'Gold Heart' bleeding heart is still blooming across the path.

Claire

This is what I have in my gardens/yard. Little oak tree sprouts. Thousands of them, and I mean thousands. Yesterday I pulled 50 out of a square yard area, and went down the edge of the driveway in a narrow strip of yuck-dirt and pulled 50 more. Our acorn season last year was so thick we actually had a SOLID carpet of them in areas. When we walked they were basically little ball bearings and we ended up on our butts more than a few times. The sun contrast in this picture is too high, but I believe it shows at least eight little saplings going in a strip by a new mulch area and the driveway. This year we have well-fed mice and should have an ample supply of deer ticks thanks to our generous oak trees. Time to set the kids to logging chores.

What a pretty yard, Jane!

That looks gorgeous, Jane. The old pines may be gone, but their remains are probably nourishing your lovely flowering trees now.

That was heroic work, Jane. I know you didn't fell the trees yourselves ... Lol! ... but all of the gardening that followed took much effort. The long side garden is so striking against the white fence and yellow house.

My oldest crabapple on a recent foggy morning

The snowball vibirnum is doing well, and yes there are bluebirds nesting in that box!

Salmon pink poppies in the midst of fennel, dicentra, chives and herbs

Red poppies with lady's mantle

Nothing much to look at in the vegetable garden yet. Just tomato and pepper plants out there shivering in protest.

Susan

Lovely, Susan.

Not much going on in my gardens right now; it's still too early. This clump of irises by the house is blooming and there are buds on my Siberian irises.

And this lacey white flower has sprung up in my drainage ditch. I'm seeing a lot of it around my area, but have no idea what it is. Whatever it is, I like the way it looks.

I'm really loving the way my profusion crabapple tree looks right now. It seems to have fully realized its semi-weeping nature now that it is beginning to mature. 15 years ago when I planted it, it was hardly more than a twig.

Sped, and anyone who may enjoy a look at the Wave Hill Gardens in New York and the Chihuly glass exhibit at the NYBG, click the link below. I went last Wednesday and many things are in bloom. Even the NYBG has chipmunks, lol, but the gardens are so special.

Note: Wave Hill is the first set of pictures. NYBG begins with the Chihuly red glass spears in logs.

Wave Hill & NYBG Dale Chihuly glass art, June 7, 2017

Jane

Here is a long border that has much of its bloom in spring. I have finally figured out how to post from my iPad since my computer hasn't been cooperative of late Please tell me if something isn't upright

Jane, I am enjoying your photos, though I haven't gone through all of them yet.

Hi folks, is there anyone who could help me by identifying this small tree for me as well as where I may be able to find one/ Thanks a bunch.

Jane, the Wave Hill Gardens are fabulous. I would love to wander through and soak up the beauty. The setting next to the river adds to the charm.

The Chihuly exhibit is really eye-catching. I love the blue sculpture that is reminiscent of water birds, and the green glass tree. That would be something to see.

NHBabs, your garden border is exquisite!

Lucky Nunu, your pictured tree is Laburnum aka golden chain tree (not to be confused with Koelreuteria, golden rain tree.)

Sped, I like your crab apples. When we had one at a previous house, we often found it good late winter entertainment when we got a variety of birds arriving to eat the fruit. Do yours have the same draw for the birds?

It's funny, NHBabs, sometimes the birds will eat the crabapples, but most years the fruit stays on the tree until it falls to the ground the following summer. I have to think that maybe they don't taste very good and the birds only resort to them if other foods are scarce. The tree is frequented by many birds, so although most are not there for a snack, they are fun to watch. Perhaps different varieties of crabapple produce different tasting fruit.

Jane, that green-gold squiggly glass tree at NYBG in front of the greenhouse is just stunning!

At Wave Hill, both the fencing and the tuteurs are perfect - classic but not too formal.

As far as the plants, I really like the short clematis in photo 21, and the range of greens in photo 20. All the cottage gardens are lovely and everything looks so healthy and full of flowers. I do have a question - there are some tall spikes in the background of photo 25 way over on the right side just above midway. They almost look like garlic scapes before they start curling, but are really tall and appear grayish. Are they real plants or sculptures, do you know? I would love to have 6' garlic scapes, grown just for ornament!
Thanks so much for sharing your photos. Every winter I say I want to spend some time in NYC in late spring to see Brooklyn BG, NYBG, The Cloisters, and Wave Hill, but I have yet to do so. Maybe next year - you have spurred me to actually go.

Loved the photos of NYBG and Wave Hill, Jane. The Chihuly pieces are wonderful!

It's so hot today that I feel like my garden and I are wilting together and I'm not about to capture that misery on my camera.

Yesterday, though, I was making a deposit in my compost pile and something said to check the pink ladyslipper. Last fall it appeared to have been eaten by a forager, probably a deer, and I thought it was lost forever (I found it in 2015 when I was clearing some briars and poison ivy, and I took away its protective cover).

It survived, though, and the grapes and poison ivy are poised to cover it again:

My head says I should let the vines, etc., grow up and shelter the ladyslipper, but my heart really wants to be able to visit it.

Claire

NHBabs - I searched the pictures ending in 25 and also counted the rows to the 25th picture and I just don't see which one you mean. Sorry.

Thanks for trying Jane. They are to the right of the tall arbor with the pink roses in a few different photos. (Oh, I just realized that the photos have ID numbers if I hover!) If you find photo (5745) with Digitalis and 4 big Alliums at the front, they are in a darkish area in the top right part of the photo. Or there's another photo (5737) that they are just over the left elbow of the woman in the black jacket. Photo 5763 is the one I was referring to above, and again they are above the midpoint all the way over to the right of the photo. Fairly tiny in all the photos, so you may not be able to ID them.

NHBabs, That helped! My guess is Egyptian walking onions. They were planted in among flowers in that area along with other members of the alliaphage family. The alliums were the healthiest and strongest I've ever seen and there were walking onions of varying heights, some falling over, so height was negated, but there were rim rods of strength and these you've spotted may be those.

Jane

Thanks, Jane!

It's been so nice to see the sun this past week. My rugosa roses are blooming.

In my perennial beds, only the Siberian irises are blooming so far.

The perennial bottles always make a nice display, Sped. Did your pinwheels make it through? I had to get a new pinwheel this year. We do love color!

Claire your lady slippers make me think that I should try growing them again. I've never had luck getting them to grow. Yours look beautiful, so fragile and delicate.

Jane, my pinwheels have needed a few repairs and paint touch-ups but they are still spinning! Yours completes a very colorful scene out your window.

I have been negligent about posting my progress!

June 1

June 8

June 13

Peonies as big as a Kindergartener

Heirloom rose

Red rose (variety unknown)

Pink Peace

Today

Tiffany rose

Thyme

Clematis

Honeysuckle

We had a nice rainbow around sunset after Monday's severe weather.

The whole garden doesn't look this good, but this particular spot is just abustin' out with blooms. Clematis Rebecca, Piilu AKA Little Duckling, and Serious Black with a red Dianthus at their feet.

Pretty pictures all!

Granted June is almost over, but the Virginia Sweetspire has suddenly opened and I think deserves to be put into the June thread.

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

The bees are loving it.

One last late peony:

Peony 'Red Magic'

and a few foxgloves scattered around:

The native Carolina rose keeps appearing in unexpected places, and is appreciated by a hover fly.

And another extremely common but still pretty daylily goes nicely with the foliage of a Hosta 'Blue Angel'.

Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

Claire

nhbabs: how long has 'serious black' been in the ground.? Is it just leaning on the support or another plant? It doesn't have tendrils to twine.

Marie, you are correct about no tendrils. Last year it sprawled so this year I gave it a T support, but after Tuesday's hail and pounding rain, even that wasn't enough so it now has a bamboo stake stuck in at an angle to give it a bit more support. Next year I think it will get a double peony ring early in the season. This is its third or fourth season.