What’s blooming today?
Hi all,
Beautiful morning here. Snuck out early to take some pics. What’s blooming in your garden today?
Looks like I’ll get a good show of Siberian irises this year.
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In the garden today:
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'Mini Skirt' miniature hostas - so cute!
'Paula
Fay' peony - planted 10/2017 from Paradise Gardens:
'Loreley'
(1909) iris:
NOID chartreuse bush - any ideas what variety?
'Raven' geranium (3rd year from Wayside Gardens) - saw these on a fellow GW member's garden & had to get them!
'Mutabilis plenum' herbaceous peony:
'Merry Amigo' iris:
noid iris:
'Blutique' iris (friend's garden)
'Lemon Chiffon' iris (friend's garden):
Kaillean (zone 8, Vancouver) thanked princeton701 - 6 years ago
In the garden today:
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The first purple siberians to open:
First perennial lupines to open:
'Geranium
sanguineum':
'Globemaster' alliums are reproducing:
NOID purple rhododendron (~7ft tall):
Baby pears:
Baptisia - closeup
Baptisia - far view:
Pink spiderwort:
Kaillean (zone 8, Vancouver) thanked princeton701 
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoNot much is blooming at the moment. Mid to late May seem to be doldrummish in my garden. The Louisiana irises are done, no more azaleas, instead of being perky and green, daffodil foliage is limpid and browning. The alliums gave up the ghost never even put out a stem.
The gauras, which should be lovely, are at the centre of a massive invasion of aphids. I had begun to strip the suckers off the gaura stems, but noticed a few ladybird nymphs, so I stopped. But unfortunately it doesn’t yet look as though the predators have done much to counter the aphids yet. I’m hoping nature balances out soon.
Wedding gown hydrangea.
Oakleaf hydrangea.
All Summer Beauty hydrangea.
Swamp milkweed.
Self sown sunflower beneath the bird feeder.
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Nice rebloom on new ‘Crystal Blue’ Veronica
Noid ferns gone wild!
Alliums
Creeping phlox still going strong
3rd year Aralia hopefully taking off
Rodgersia getting bigger :)
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5 years agoI am surprised to see annual William survived the winter. May night salvia, azaleas, allium....
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Happy Memorial Day holiday to everyone - hope you are able to enjoy your gardens this beautiful holiday!!
noid peony & Loreley iris:
White siberian look like birds flying amongst the perennial purple lupine:
Pink Knockout Rose starting to bloom:
Super dark noid purple TB iris, pink knockout, & baptisia in backgroud:
'Miss America' side blooms now opening:
"Pink Luau" peony (planted 10/2017 - from Peonys Envy):
noid peony:
'Pink Hawaiian Coral" - thank you, GW friend!
(and you were right, it did indeed bloom its first year!)
Coral Charm - bought 10/2017 from Paradise Gardens:
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Loving the pics! Here are a few pretties that caught my eye in the front bed this morning. Love this time of year when the garden seems to change day to day as new blooms appear. The Siberian irises are playing the starring role right now and I love the way they play with their neighbours.
Lots of volunteer foxgloves and lupine popping up everywhere. They make nice combos with the knockouts which were supposed to be pale pink but were mislabeled. I’ve grown to like them but they always look garish in pics. They seem to photograph horribly.
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