In times when I need peace and quiet and soothing, I head into the garden. I’m lucky that I have a happy place to go to.
Right now, there are a lot of things in bloom. I will be posting more on my garden blog this weekend since there are so many in bloom right now.
It’s about coneflower time. The supreme cantaloupe has been blooming for a while and now the puff is starting to appear in the middle.
I have a thing for specialty coneflowers as I’m sure you might have noticed. This year I put in some new ones in the front bed we renovated. These are called Cheyenne Spirit and they are multicolored on the same plant!
I have 3 of these (2 pictured) and they are going to look amazing when they fill out. Hopefully they will live a while. Sometimes the specialty ones have a short lifespan.
Liatris:
The stem color is a little strange in the picture; it’s not that dark IRL. These look like feather dusters to me:
More exploding balloon flowers:
The white ones should be blooming next week. I am thrilled with how these are growing!
Cleome:
I have them on both sides of my bird bath and the ones on the side that gets a bit more shade seem to do better, even though these are full sun annuals:
This is the 2nd year for this hydrangea. It’s called Vanilla Strawberry. I wasn’t expecting to see any blooms this year since it was so tiny last year.
It certainly likes this spot. It tripled in size. The flowers on this start white and then turn pink.
In the back garden the bee balm is blooming. It smells like oregano, too! Very fragrant (it’s the leaves).
It’s a really tall plant. Here is me for reference:
I probably should have put it closer to the middle, but it can always be moved.
The foxgloves out back are blooming. These plants were $2.99 at my local nursery and they were small, so any blooms are exciting!
I’m in love with the floxgloves.
A month or so ago, I did that spilled pot of flowers and the impatiens have really filled in now:
It’s so pretty. I was just looking to fill space while I decided what to plant here, and it turned out really nice – if I do say so myself.
Looks to be a rainy weekend, so I don’t know how much water feature work will get done, but maybe we’ll get lucky.
I wish I lived across the street from you. I think it is amazing how your yard can go from, excuse me, “crap” to fabulous, in such a short amount of time. Well done – keep the pics coming.
That would be fun! We could ride bikes together and I could give you plant divisions 😀
All beautiful Lori & that peaceful p[lace to go looks perfect right now!!!! IO want to run away but your winters are too harsh for me. 🙂 Love those foxgloves!!!
Thank you Jody! The winters can be harsh, but you can beat spring, summer and fall here in the northeast!
PS – Love the pic of you!
Your front yard has filled out amazingly!! You might have a shorter growing season, but it makes up for it in speed! Do bee balms come in different sizes, or is mine just stunted? It’s only about 8inches high!
Yes, there are different sizes. I didn’t realize these were going to be quite so tall. I hope it fills in a little bit. There is a lot of space in between stems.
That’s a great picture of you! 🙂
Your garden looks good – really filling in and so colorful. Nice to see such abundance with all of the flowers!
Love your photo!
Your garden is so pretty. This is the best time of the year for flowers. Every day I walk with Bella I can enjoy all the flowers in other peoples garden, so much color. Love it.