Tardy Bloom Day
I was out of town on the 15th on a business trip. (Work was absolutely brutal, but that’s another subject.) Therefore, I am granting myself a four day extension on the bloom day due date. Here goes, in no particular order:
Peony ‘America’
Brunnera macrophyla
Heuchera
Lonicera sempervivens
Lonicera ‘John Clayton’
Polemonium carneum
Polemonium reptans
Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’
Geranium maculatum
Rosa ‘Sally Holmes’, many buds almost ready to open
Rosa ‘Cassie’
Rosa ‘Darlow’s Enigma’
A rambler, we are training Darlow’s Enigma on an arbor. This should be a good year for roses, all of ours are covered in buds.
Allium ‘Globemaster’
Allium ‘Purple Sensation;
Corydalis lutea grows well in dry shade. The funny little tubular flowers bloom for months.
Achillea millefoliumm ‘paprika’
Nepeta ‘kitkat’
Geum triflorum
Amsonia tabernamontana
Various annuals – cleome, cosmos, pansies, sweet alyssum, lobelia …
Though it’s not blooming, an honorable mention for my ostrich ferns, Matteuccia struthiopteris. I’ve told the neighbor kids that when the ferns get big enough they will attract dinosaurs.
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I feel the same way about peonies–their blooms are so fleeting I’m starting to wonder if they are worth all the space they take up in the yard. Your ferns are gorgeous! Be sure to post photos of e dinosaurs.
Those ostrich ferns are supposed to get up to 6′. It’s too bad I didn’t plant these when my own kids were younger and were dinosaur fanatics.