2010 Garden Photos - Part 11

josephine is out

tree peony

oh boy ... what beauties Bill!!!

that TP is outstanding!!

last one - long look over rody.

thx allison

so when is the RU at your house Bill?

Very nice, Bill.

Thanks, Allison for IDing the iris....loooks identical....I'm afraid your noid is a weed, I have many that look just like it! Bill, I'm drooling over that copper iris. Jo, I also planted BES, but there's no sign of it....maybe it's just slow. Loved the robins, Jen, & the hosta Noreaster.

allison you can stop by anytime you are in the area it took louise and hank over a 90 minutes to walk the yard and i missed pointing out many things - an ru might be too much:) - besides others have already said they were going to have them - how many is too many?

I had a feeling it was that mugwort... I will give it some more time and see how it goes.. knew it looked too healthy

you know I would come if you had one... is there ever really too many???... and the one before fathers day .. I most likely wouldn't be able to make it... too much party prep going on

Bill your TP looks like mine.

I took shots on Sunday. Here are some collages of some of the current batch blooming. Patti

More stuff. Patti

Tulips. Patti

ooohhh I think I need candy dancer!!!!

Very nice, Patti! Can't recall ever having tulips and iris blooming together.

Glad you liked it. We did too. Random gems. Patti

ooohh I don't like you Patti... think I might need that primula too.. it is a very strange blooming year

Victor, I have lots of tulips still blooming as well as Narcissus, so the iris just have to get along with them. This iris who I am not sure which it is at the moment, is blooming in the bed across from the tulips. I like the pairing.

onewish1, the primula is a cheat as it was bought in bud a few weeks ago. Patti

LOVE that copper colored iris, Bill.
You can never have too many RU's!!!!

No sign of my BES, yet JoAnn, they usually pop up so fast you don't even realize it...I remember it def being later than May though.

A visitor. Patti

mine inside are out of hand Jen.... all tangled up.. sorry I started them so early

seems to be a lot more of the skippers (or what I call them)... this year.. and early

What is a BES? A fun shot. Patti

Black eyed susan (talking about the vine)

I never knew that Rudbeckia was a vine. Off to do some research. Hard to keep up. Patti

it's not rudbekia ... they are Thunbergia

http://davesgarden.com/search.php?q=black+eyed+susan+vine

more pix of coleus planted in the garden
http://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/GardenColeusMay18

I really want someone to assure me I will see germination. I am affraid its not going to happen.
Ahh well the lilies I thought were dead are showing up. Warm days and nights are having their affect. AngelaNorth isnt comming.Planted it last fall, no sigh of her or Black Dragon

ooohh nice JoAnn.. so much going on already

OK, I love those, but never got them to germinate a few years ago. Patti

Mine have been self seeding.

that's good to know Jen.. guess I have to plant some in the garden.. and not only containers

The reason I bought this tree.

Nice, Jo!

Forest Pansy.

Enkianthus.

Another cardinal bath shot.

love the cardinal shot!!