Beginning of June

Well, in spite of the mess of weeds and horribleness in the back garden, the flowers still bloom. (That's why you see so many close-up glamour shots on this blog. The garden itself is not worth photographing -- the archives from five or six years ago show it during its heyday. I wish I could get things back to that state again.)

Here is the first of the daylilies, Little Red Spring Song.

Hemerocallis 'Little Red Spring Song'

In the front garden where we removed a couple of trees, the poppies are doing very well with the additional sunshine. However, my hardy geranium (cranesbill) 'Mrs. Kendall Clark' is suffering from the lack of shade. She wilts in the glare of unrelenting afternoon sun. Of course, we've had a rainy, cold weekend, so she's all right for now.

Geranium pratense 'Mrs. Kendall Clark'

Poppies in the Front Garden

The poppies in general are looking good this year. They complement the flower pot (zonal geraniums, tickseed, sweet potato vine, and lamium) that currently sits on the "shelf rock". The individual poppies have been blooming at different times, though. And the rain has taken its toll on some.

Battered Poppy

Red Poppy, Four Days Old

The white poppy is blooming again this year. My garden is a mystery to me, and poppies are finicky. I get leaves every year, but the plants do not always flower. After a few seasons, you forget what you've planted. When weather and light conditions change, it changes the mix of what blooms. Anyway, this year I have a white poppy, but no light purple or salmon pink poppies, at least not yet.

New White Poppy

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