Garden Photos of '09.....#23

Coming from here:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/993144/

Can't keep up! So many great shots coming from all over the NE! Keep it going.

Clem Patricia Ann Fretwell.

Another.

Iris Orange Slices.

Clem Betty Corning.

First Stella of the year.

Sometimes Mother Nature helps out with design. My pink weed matches the NOID iris nicely.

Last - roses starting. I think this is Bridal something.

victor really nice pics and flowers

Terrrrrrrrrrribly hard to keep up with all the incredible things blooming now. Nice photos all 'round.

I already have fruit growing on the spaghetti squash!! WooHoo!

OK ... back to work!

Very nice, Victor! I have bloom stalks on my stellas, but no blooms just yet!

Willie - I know what you mean.....if you get delayed a day in checking this thread, it's very hard to give each beauty its due in a comment! So impressive!

I plant where I have space, no plan at all! It works mostly.
For bee stings we always used a baking soda paste, worked well.

I just wanted to pipe in and say that I pay attention to bloom color and what goes where.

I'm not a pink person in general so I avoid them, except for dianthus pinks because the blue foliage is so awesome (and the pink I have is just so awesome against it). Otherwise it is purples and blues, and I'm now experimenting with yellow and reds for accents...though not too much so! :)

I did buy bergenia that has a pink bloom, but again for the foliage. And it is out back. hahaha

Victor, I love your pink NOID iris and pink weeds with it. Nice!

I have to say that in some beds I have a color theme, and in others no theme at all, just a bunch of different colors together. It works well for me, though, either way. Organized chaos.

I posted replies to postings in previous thread before coming to this one. Now for more pics from yesterday.

Karen

One of my favorite irises, 'Dazzling Gold'.

Blue Columbine

Almost black Columbine.

Old lantern.

Here's the photo...

A hosta bed under a grouping of Cornus florida dogwoods.

Hosta 'Geisha'

Hosta 'Cherry Berry'

Hosta 'Tattoo'

Hosta montana aureomarginata

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Another view of 'Krossa Regal', showing it's nice vase shape.

NOID TB iris.

NOID iris (Siberian, Japanese?)

Closer look at that one. Love the color.

'Nother NOID TBI.

More NOID TBI's. I think the blue one is called 'Bubbling Over'.

Closer look at those. I think those colors look great together.

Another NOID TBI with (I believe) Iris 'Flavescens' in b.g. (just a bit of trivia here, that Iris 'Flavescens' was once considered t be a species iris, but was finally recognized to be a naturally occuring hybrid).

A NOID iris that is a prolific bloomer for me, and one of my favorites. I have seen it in many gardens, and I think is an old variety. I think it's what's classified as a Border Bearded Iris.

Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon' with Iris 'Flavescens'.

Symphytum 'Belsay Gold'

Close-up of the flowers. Something is causing spotting on these flowers, and you can see some foamy stuff there. Some kind of insect.

Here's the pic.

Here's another shot showing more of the spotting on the flowers.

Iris 'Gala Madrid' (Border Bearded?)

Old fashioned TBI with the highly invasive fuchsia colored tradescantia (Spiderwort) behind it.

Same purple TBI with smaller NOID iris to the left.