It seems the garden has gone crazy, everywhere I look there is an abundance of flowers. Now, as well as weeding, there is deadheading to do and I can barely keep up with it all. Every new day brings more delights with buds opening into beautiful flowers left, right and centre, it is a question of where do I start this post?
I’ll start with the Wisteria that I thought we had lost about 20 yrs ago! All of a sudden I found these beautiful flowers by the garage, so it hadn’t died after all!
Nectaroscordum bulgaricum seem to like it in the front border as they are increasing.
Solomon’s seal is another plant that is increasing nicely in all the places where I have it.
Such a beautiful bearded iris with a perfume to match. no name I’m afraid, bought at a sale in the village.
One of a few Dutch Iris that are looking good at the moment.
Iris sibirica Butter and Sugar, at last we had some rain!
In the pond itself Iris laevigata Variegata.
When is my Chaenomeles going to stop flowering, it’s 7 months now!
The beautiful oriental poppies have started strutting their stuff!
Papaver Patty’s Plum in all her gorgeousness!
English Iris are putting on a good display in the front.
Foxgloves have taken over one of the veggie beds, I hadn’t the heart to take them out.
Sambucus Black Lace has such beautiful flowers contrasting with the foliage.
Geum Totally Tangerine is another plant that flowered all winter and is now going mad, so many flowers!
The perfume from Philadelphus coronarius Aureus wafts beautifully across the garden, catching you unawares.
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium is happy flowering in the woodland.
Clematis Lasurstern has lovely large flowers by the conservatory.
Campanula poscharskyana is climbing the walls.
More huge flowers are opening each day on Zantedeschia eathiopica in the bog garden.
I’ve just done posts about roses and candelabra primulas, so I will spare you photos of those again, even though they provide a lot of the colour in the garden at the moment.
Thanks must go to Carol for hosting Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day each month, please visit her at May Dreams Gardens to see flowers from around the world.
How right you are and how good of you to find the time to showcase what’s looking good in in your garden in such a busy time in June. I really like Siberian Iris, they do so well crammed in with grasses even on heavy clay. Your ‘Butter and Sugar’ is a gem that I will make a note of for my garden. Thank you!
I love Iris Kate, but especially at this time of year when there are so many different varieties flowering. There are quite a few that seem at home on heavy clay, thank goodness.
Your blooms are wonderful. What a great selection of irises. Mine are long past here.
Thank you Susie, the Iris are doing really well this year. I think you are a lot warmer than we are, that is probably why your season is ahead of ours.
I’m glad you mentioned your wisteria, mine appears to have died but I shant pull it out now, maybe there is still hope! Seven months of flowering, gosh!!! Your garden is looking so beautiful, I’m in awe of those iris, gorgeous.xxx
We knew that we had foliage stems Dina, running along the back of the rose garden, but in all these years we haven’t seen any flowers until now, I wonder why this year is different!
A lovely selection of photos Pauline. I have never heard of aroscordum bulgaricum before but I’m not sure it would survive here as it seems hardy only to US zone 5. The irises are wonderful.
Thank you Denise. The Nectaroscordum is a member of the allium family, very pretty and when the flowers have been pollinated, they stand upright and look like fairy tale castles!
I know there is a lot to do in the garden but I hope you are finding some time to sit back and enjoy it! There is so much to enjoy; the irises are lovely, aren’t they an amazing genus? I think they are all gorgeous. You’ve mentioned Geum Totally Tangerine for so many months, what a pretty flower and worth every inch of space.
Not really enough time to enjoy the garden at the moment Christina, but hopefully soon when we have got on top of the weeds. The Iris family is wonderful, so many different sorts for all sorts of situations, from very dry to very wet.
How exciting that your wisteria has returned! I might try an off shoot of thalictrum in the woodland after seeing yours. Such abundance in your garden Pauline – you must feel like you are in heaven 😊
I don’t think heaven has weeds Cathy, or I hope not! The Thalictrum is a lovely plant, happy in the background, but easily noticed when nothing around it is flowering. Having the Wisteria flowering makes me now wonder what to do with it, do I try to train it up the garage wall?
It looks like your flowers are a few weeks behind ours here in the American PNW. I’m behind on deadheading too. Your Irises are so pretty. I have a few and often forget to photograph them before they fade.
Iris are so beautiful Alison, I love them all! I agree, you have to be quick to photograph them, otherwise they are over and done with before you can pick your camera up!
So much to celebrate – your garden looks lovely! Patty’s Plum is a beauty, and I’m really intrigued by the Nectaroscordum too!
Thanks Anna! The Nectaroscordum have now been pollinated and all the flower heads have turned upwards like the turrets on fairy tale castles, I have taken a photo so will post it soon.