-Clematis polish spirit and betty corning, creeping phlox,
Various alliums and campanula, hocks are about to open bud and the the astillbe is gathering momentum...
I do wish the dahlias could kick in soon...
klk

Clematis Jackmanii and Julia Correvon... Nelly Moser has a few stray blooms still. White columbine, purple lady bells, some yellow iris are hanging on. Still have a few blooms on both white and red bleeding heart. Foamy bells and Heuchera. The daylillies are getting buds.

Holly

Columbine, false indigo, peonies, wild geranium, spiderwort, irises..and most notably my new foxgloves and oriental poppies!

klk, I'm jealous that your Polish Spirit is blooming, mine is nubbins after the &^%$ rabbits have eaten it to the ground numerous times. When it was approx. 3' I noticed it was wilted and discovered they had severed the vines at the base. Everytime it starts to grow it gets eaten again. I have no idea why I haven't caged it yet (doh :)!!! Holly, my Jackmanii is loaded w/buds and I'm eagerly awaiting bloom! Motria, my oriental poppies are new, too, well the blooms anyhoo. I wintersowed them the winter before last and they are now blooming like mad. They are the bright, screaming orange variety but I ~love~ them!

Wow. You guys have a lot happening - it's looking sort of ratty outside over here. ...I need to work on my late spring garden!

Here's what's in bloom:
Found rose - our study name is "Wilson Ave. Hot Pink HP"
Austin Roses:
Winchester Cathedral (not? could be reverted to Mary Rose)
Pat Austin
Tamora
Graham Stuart Thomas
Peonies (blush pink fading to white - HUGE bomb type - upright on strong stems - fragrant - cultivar unknown)
Allium Sensation (petering out)
Bleeding hearts - should have ended long ago but they keep going and going!
Geranium Rozanne
Daphne "Carol Mackie" (just finishing)
Nepeta "Blue Wonder"
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Bearded Iris - lots - mostly dark purple; some lavender w/orange & bronze beards
Ajuga "Chocolate Chip" (beautiful! I want more!)

Budding out now and likely blooming next week:
rhododendron "Roseum Elegans"
rose Ferdinand Pichard
rose Golden Celebration
rose Heritage
rose The Fairy
an assortment of astilbes
possibly the Asiatic lilies?

...plus annuals etc.(but they're mostly still languishing unplanted in their flats on the front porch)- and plus whatever I come home with from the garden center today!

I love this time of year! Everything is so green and colorful. Included a picture of my front garden- the foxglove, canterbury bells, coreopsis, carnations, clematis, roses, gallardia, maltese cross, strawberry, flax, yellow and pink primroses, and a few annuals are looking great! The Shasta's and Siberian Iris are about to show color. I am including a picture- hope it works- first time trying it!

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Mock orange, a few irises still blooming, Stellas, the new Prairie Blue Eyes, all the oxalis, spiderworts, allium cristphi almost done, allium fireworks still going, asiatic lilies, LA hybrids, about half the mini roses, 3 of the large roses, honeysuckle, various annuals (half of them planted and bought more today).

Waiting on the ditch lilies, and Pandora's Box daylilies finally have scapes (first time, second year).

Penstemons, delphiniums, roses in various stages of blooming,
bee balm about to bloom, yarrow, hibiscus getting ready..

-Clematis jackmanii, Niobe, Ramona, Marie Boiselot, Etoile violette, venusa violacea & a pink one whose name I forgot.
-Iris ensata
-Asiatic lilies
-Lilium cerneum - so precious
-Lilum regale & regale album
-Roses
-Lamb's ear
-Spirea 'Goldmound'
-Astilbe
-Achillea 'Moonshine'
-Alchemilla mollis
-Heuchera - no name
-Dianthus barbatus
-Allium cristophii
-Feverfew
-Echinecea purpurea
-Rudbeckia hirta
-Honeysuckle
-Aquilegia
-Armeria
-Lavender
-Campanula glomerata
-Oenothera - no name
-Campanula persicifolia
-Coeropsis verticillata
-Lamium maculatum
-Forget-me-not - perennial
-Campanula portenschlegiana
-Centranthus ruber
-Larkspur
-Dianthus 'Zing Rose'
-Sedum acre
-Geranium lancastriense
-Geranium 'New Hampshire Purple'
-Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
-Mother-of thyme
-Blue Fescue
-Daylily 'Stells d'Oro'
-Itea 'Little Henry'
-Hosta 'Elegans'
-Scabiosa 'Buttefly Blue'
-Lychnis astrosanguinea
-Lychnis chalcedonica
-Malva fastigiata
-Primula acaulis
-Salvia lubeca
-Edelweis
-Viola tricolor -Jonny-jump-up
-Philadelphus 'Minesota Snowflake'
-Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle
-Centaurea cyanus

All these are on a 34x125 lot. Truly stuffed!
Ahh...I fogot to pick my raspberry today. They are ripe and ready!

Lilies, lilies, and more lilies - my golden trumpet just opened - first time - wow, double wow! Mounds of bristal fairy baby breath with larkspur, lilies mixed in, sun beam coropsis, and just a few daylilies are opening. The baby's breath is a knock out this year. Piegirl

Help!! My Sweat Peas are not blooming!! They are getting huge, but no flowers!! My Columbine is absolutely breathtaking, Day Lillies are everywhere, and now I have some things coming up that I'm not sure what they are. I just moved here and am getting familiar with the yard. I think I have Hollyhocks coming up, but forget what the leaves look like. Does anyone know a web site where you can find identification of seedlings and new growth???

An unknown floribunda rose bush
Shasta daisy "Becky"
Lots of salvia
Speedwell "Babydoll"
most of my hostas
a few rogue daylilies I have yet to dig out.
My crepe myrtle is just about to blossom
Butterfly blue pincushion flowers
and my liatris are just starting to emit thier blooms for the summer. That's about it. Most of my garden explodes during the springtime. I'll have to work on the rest of the seasons as my garden progresses.

Heather