Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

[rustyfingers]

The flowers look a little like milkweed, don't they?

[rustyfingers]

@Bernard ooooh, I found the blue-eyed grass I planted years ago, and it's doing great. I think I need to move it to a sunnier spot. I didn't realize they only open up in the sun

[AndyD]

This is outside our front door, just coming into bloom, strongly sage scented as you pass.

[AndyD]

California lilac, mostly in our garden

[pique]

We just came back from a quick trip to Missoula, where I saw blooming while hiking: wild roses, mock orange, lupine, and blue camas. Also a few things I'm not sure of the name. It is actually a bit early for these things to bloom, and we already have wildfires and smoke here. I think it is going to be a very long, hot summer.

[Steve Miller]

Mock orange? Pittosporum? Very popular as a landscape plant in CA. I didn’t know it could survive cold.

Maybe there are different kinds.

[edit]. Yes there are. Pittosporum is the one I know. The one you have in the wild is probably Philadelphus. They’re both called mock orange.

[Steve Miller]

@AndyD

It’s pretty!

Do you know what it’s called?

[AndyD]

I call it Walt cos it Disney have scent.
Seriously it's called Californian Lilac.

Hang on..

[AndyD]

It's a ceanothus

[pique]

@Steve-Miller said in Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?:

Mock orange? Pittosporum? Very popular as a landscape plant in CA. I didn’t know it could survive cold.

Maybe there are different kinds.

[edit]. Yes there are. Pittosporum is the one I know. The one you have in the wild is probably Philadelphus. They’re both called mock orange.

yes, ours is philadelphus lewisii, IIRR.

[AndyD]

Couple from our garden

Peonies, London pride

And an unknown pale pink flower; with my occasional indulgence of booze, book, and binoculars in the sunny back garden as I write

[wtg]

Great flower show!!

@AndyD - that pale pink one in the last photo is a columbine (Aquilegia).

[rustyfingers]

Clematis putting on a show

[Steve Miller]

I really like the color of that Clematis!

[Bernard]

I love Clematis. I put one in, bright purple, when I first moved here. It is not doing so good this year and maybe it's time to replace it.

This crossed my path this evening and I really loved it. Thought maybe some here would appreciate it and perhaps get inspiration from it...

Link to video

[rustyfingers]

We have two clemati on either side of our front walk. The purple one is struggling a bit but looks better than it ever has. The other one was spectacular this year for the first time. We had a lot of rain--and we had to cut down a tree so they are getting more light this year.

[AndyD]

That looks so perfect I want to check it's not fake At Singapore Airport the first time in '93 I could hardly believe the thousands of orchids were real and my then fiance was highly amused as I went over to check.

[rustyfingers]

Today, the other peony.

[rustyfingers]

Iris

[AndyD]

That is lovely.

Don't think I've said we went to an open garden thing last weekend (entrance fee goes to charity) in Great Langton, N Yorkshire.
All agreed it was the nicest house& garden we've visited. Here's a few photos

Entrance to garden view

Lawn & fountain where we sat to eat scones jam & cream

House, from around 1750

rather nice Troughton sundial

Fabulous mature walnut tree

The back yard was a mass of roses

I went to their loo in the old backyard washroom and passed a stick barometer and bird frame mirror, both from the early 1800's.
The entrance/exit by the back yard was through a low ancient toolshed, and had swallows flying in & out feeding their fledglings.

The owners farm the adjacent land, this garden is her (30 year) hobby. There were jersey cows 50 yards from the front door.
So beautiful.