June to the third power!

popmama..June is one of the best..in my opinion..

I always like seeing your woodland garden. Those Junes are gorgeous!

So pretty! How’s that Abiqua Drinking Gourd growing?

zkathy..still small but cute..my established hostas are so big I can't believe it..

sandyslopes..I said to my husband "is it just me or is everything bigger?".. he said "I think everything's bigger too"..we could prune for weeks..

Now this something to look at! Finally spring has come to your garden :-)

Your woodland garden is beautiful.

Your Junes are heavenly! (edited to remove apostrophe...But of course Junes do tend to possess people. One gaze and you're hooked.)

-Babka

Great plants and the Viburnams work well as a foil when they are in bloom.

Just bought four of them, one a gold leafed variety to add as a backdrop to my hosta garden.

Dave

What a beautiful woodlands garden, I love it. It looks so peaceful.

Your June's are gorgeous!! I love your woodland garden - the maple and viburnums, just everything. I have serious space envy ;)

Absolutely stunning! These photos make me feel like I entered a magical fairy forest ... and the gardens feel like I just won the pot at the end of the rainbow. With Stephanie on the space envy! :-)

If there are any gardeners viewing these photos who don't own a June hosta these pictures will push them over the edge to get one, or two, or three ...

You've created such a beautiful space...always love seeing your photos.

Your woodland garden is wonderful!

Karin, saija, Babka, Dave, Beth, stephanie, josephines, mae and Michelle - your comments made me smile :-) because all of you garden you understand how this place feels..and can appreciate my hard work even though there's enough weeds and clipping to keep us all busy for weeks lol..this year's gardening season is just starting..I'm going to keep working and share more pics!!..I love seeing the photos all of you post of your beautiful IDENTIFIED hostas..my ID knowledge needs improvement..never enough time to pull out my tags, stroll around, study each unknown and figure it out..an idea - maybe take a million pics and in the winter sit in the house with all the tags and figure some out??..time to go out and get busy..I can tell you that all of the hostas in the path pic with 2 limbs are August Moons..

I forgot to say that the sweet little white wildflower you are wondering about is a hepatica I think...also comes in blue. Had some at the cottage. If it is not, Laurie/peren all will likely know it for sure! :-)

I would never go in the house if I had those wonderful paths to discover! The rain, especially at this time of year, really gets the plants going and they seem to grow visibly every day! Your hard work looks great, I really enjoy the layered type of garden with shrubs, trees, and perennials all playing together. I bet it is nice and cool there in summer, too!

Esther-B..all of my relatives KNOW where I am lol..I lose weight in the summer (and I need to) because there's so much work you can do..

josephines..I'll check out that name..I bet you're right..you're a plant encyclopedia..

threedogsmom..what can I say?..to me it's paradise..the trees are messy but ARE worth the trouble..

I get giddy just looking at your photos. What a great time of year!

DelawareDonna..I'm in a completely different frame of mind having my plants back :-)

Can never have enough Junes....especially lookers like yours. You've created a wonderful setting.

Ahhh, your place looks so springtime fresh, I can smell it!

mbug..I truly love Junes..they've done well for me..

Steve..it's past blooming now but my Judd viburnum DOES smell fantastic..

I wondered about that small white wildflower...I found the same this spring near my yellow acer...I don't think it is hepatica, they only have one flower head on one stem, this one seems to have more. In Germany we call it 'Sternblume' which translates as starflower, I just googled the official name...Ipheion uniflorum White Star. Nevertheless I have Hepatica on my list for spring flowers. I want to plant a few more this fall.

We finally had rain and the garden looks clean now after all the pollen that flew around for weeks...there had been hail storms and even a tornado in the west of Germany and I'm thankful it had only been rain here...

I made a June bed together with some of the sports in a very sunny place...June,June Fever, Ayesha, English Sunrise and High Society. In Don Rawson's list of sun tolerant hosta also Halcyon and Touch of Class are mentioned and when I divide them (maybe next year) I will also add them to this bed. I need to take a big picture, so far have only made one of June and English Sunrise.

I'm with the others who envy your space :-) If I had that much I would surely plant June multiple times only to see how much they change with location. It also looks so good when in shade...

Karin..I'll check out that name too..lots of little plants from mother nature here..I'm spoiled by the size of my lot..my neighbor behind me just a few days ago said "I wish I had your land"..the lots vary in my neighborhood and we do have one of the biggest..your smaller garden is much cleaner than mine..it's challenging keeping debris off of my hostas..if I take a close up of a hosta I need to clean it first!

Just beautiful nicholsworth! You have created such a tranquil oasis, I always feel relaxed when I see your garden. Compare your woodland flower to Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star-of-Bethlehem.

peren.all..thank you!..oh my the botanical world is vast!..another name to research!..I can't believe how many plants some of you know..

I checked the plant names..pic#1 (with the weeds) is mine lol..all 3 plants have 6 white petals but I think it's Star of Bethlehem..

Enjoyed immensely .

What a nice visit! Do you leave food for him/her?

we have dry roasted unsalted peanuts on the table for birds..but squirrels and now the fox love them..yesterday the fox flipped the table..it landed on one of my new unplanted Praying Hands knocked it over and broke 2 stems..it's always something lol..

Oh, what a place! Love love love woodland and what are you doing with it. Would be my choice to live if not for city boy hubby.

It is a ornithogalum for flower

lindalana..believe it or not we have city water, sewers, utilities etc..our neighborhood is a native woods within walking distance to a huge park..yet close to Target, Home Depot, etc..best of both worlds!..agree that my wildflower is ornithogalum..

Ditto to what has already been said Ann,your place is beautiful even the fox feels comfortable there

christine..thanks!..the animals are welcome but they tick me off when they damage my plants!..I had to fix the dirt by some EEs..squirrels? were digging by them..chewed off some tips :-( hope they recover..

If the roots weren't eaten they will be fine, squirrels sure can be pesky critters

Yes they can..I surrounded them with flat pieces of rock, sprinkled blood meal around and watered them..I need a cage over this place lol..

Lovely and restful.