Garden Gem May 2012 #2

all beauties

False Solomon's Seal
Polemonium
Azalea 'Mandarin Lights'
Rhody w/Hummer Moth
Rhody ~ this one is getting big, it's more on the red side than pink.

A few more iris's bloomed, have no idea the names as all the tags are GONE!

really nice color's celeste

Thanks Jo & Bill!

That dark purple sib is lovely, Pixie..... Karen, you certainly may have some of that noid sib....it bloomed for the 1st time this year, but the clump is large.....

Celeste where are the blues? I don't see the pics

Jen, Karen was asking about the photos I had posted on the 29th above...was just posting the different ones as I hadn't done when posting the pics.

Oh, ok..I was confused

and then confused me.. LOL.. love the purple sib too

Lilies have opened, Oenothera tetragona Summer Solstice, Thyme 'Golden Translucent" Echi Romance grew... pink is a little better, I may let it stay

I noticed today DLs I just planted have buds......great color on those lilies!

I think this is Russian Rhapsody, color is a little different than the catalog pic but the closest out of the others I bought

What would have eaten the bud off this lily? It's 3 1/2' tall, in a fenced in area, nothing else around it was crushed so I'm thinking it wasn't an animal

Hydrangea

deer would eat that Jen.. they love em.. sorry... love the hydrangeas!!!!

I put this one in the ID forum.. or if anyone here knows... I thought it was a variegated primrose looking plant.. guess not

one poppy Manhattan bloom.. the rest look rotten :(

and LIAM

Nice!! Love that poppy!!

Allison, it's in the middle of my blue, yellow and white garden with the bamboo all around it how would they have gotten in there without trampling everything over?

Bunnys will eat them too Jen.

They are very good at avoiding other things. Their little hooves are small. I had most of mine eaten.

Gorgeous Poppy Allison! Jen love the lilies, some of mine are open too.
Celeste the Iris are beautiful!

Orange Electric Lily, new for me from a co-op.

Orange E. was new for me last year Ronnie and I love it!

My xmas wreath form trellis with Vagabond

I found the top of one of my lilies cut off & uneaten in the middle of the driveway....I suspect squirrels....love the colors on the hydrangeas & Vagabond, and that poppy.....took these photos yesterday as it's pouring out right now! Iris Fall Fiesta, another really almost black blooming for the first time, astrantia, and I think the digitalis came from Pam......

Amazing, I don't have any foxgloves this year except for the perennial grandiflora. One Pam's Choice from last year is just starting to make a stalk I think, but that's it. Maybe too much moving things around and heavy mulching in the fall? I'll have to plan ahead better this year. What's the best way? Sow seed outside now, or later in the summer? Or in pots? Hmmm...

The indigo columbine I found growing volunteer under a tree. I'm wondering if it is a wild columbine.

Bloody Cranesbill, Philadelphus, Columbines, Scabiosa Butterfly Blue.

I'm wondering if I collect the Butterfly Blue seeds if they were sprout true to their original plant? I"ve been dead heading the flowers and drying them.

I don't have many foxgloves this year either, Pam....a few pink, & 2 whites.....Xen, wild columbine in New England is red & yellow....guess your seed blew in from someone's garden....don't know about the scabious, you can try, though.....

Henry in Mr. Tree

Looks like that little cutie was having fun!

More gorgeous blooms, everyone! I need more stuff for this time of year.

Celeste, thanks for the ID's on those plants I was asking about.

I love the 'Orange Electric' lily! I've been wanting that one. Might have to get it if I make some money soon selling plants.

Marilyn, I love that 'Fall Fiesta' iris and the astrantia.

Great pic of Henry in the tree, Jen.

Here are some pics I took in my gardens on May 29th. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.466889393337763.127076.100000501200615&type=3&l=3174ad48c5

Karen

very pretty all!!!

This morning.Its getting darker,storms due.

I'm enjoying everyones lovely gardens. For reasons I don't understand, I can send photos to my journal, and to the Plantfiles, but still not to any discussion thread. Will have to contact the administrators I guess.

there is a thread..

the answer was to resize your photos smaller before uploading... I wasn't happy with that answer.. but that's what they said

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1257471/

They made me resize bigger. Dont know what gives.

Very pretty photos, Karen & Jo.....loved the yellow baptisia, & the poppies!

Bue Billow, just got this from the swap and it's starting to bloom already, BONUS!, Annabelle, Here's that monster Salix integra Hakuro Nishiki.... Yeah was supposed to top out at 6'....right
My daughter's hand with noid Hosta...they are HUGE

I finally got an ID on my jumbo hosta.
Does anyone remember Redchick?
She sent me this the first year 2008. I think of her everytime I see it.
Many have named it Elegans from the sieboldiana group

Lovely! Wish my salix looked like that. I must nt be making it happy.

Miss Redchic

Shelly and her Scottish Fold kitty....I've always called that hosta Big Mama....my son frowns upon that name...tough! The salix is a beauty....I've seen a few around here, but not that size.....

It is nice looking at everyone's pictures and reading your comments. I got about 20 new perennials, this year so far.
Has anyone tried the new hardy gardenia for zone 6?
Also, you keep mentioning that you get plants from each other over the years. Do you get together and bring plants to trade? Please let me know what you do.
It is good to read about the ones you prize the most, that makes me want to try them also.
Rose