Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?
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The hydrangeas have begun blooming
It’s been very warm here, and I was away for the weekend, so there’s a little bit of crispiness on some of these.
I love these. This plant was a from a 1 gallon bucket 20 years ago. It’s huge now.
Not a bloom, but past bloom! The blueberries are in high season. We planted 3 bushes about 25 years ago; one of those remains. I added one more, but it ripens a little later, so most of these are from the original bush. I’ve picked 3 gallons so far.
The raspberries are from plants the kids gave me about 10 years ago. Raspberry shortcake: short plants, thornless. (edited; I said stemless but that’s for wine glasses!)
Food people: here’s a recipe for avocado blueberry quinoa salad; we had that for dinner last night.
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Japanese balloon flowers. Twice as tall this year as they were last year.
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A couple early Clematis.
A velvety burgandy colored one. This one has been slow to establish itself but it's coming right along now.
A lovely dirty lavender...
I'm letting some Marguerite Daisies come back this year, I've missed them. They were sprouting up in the middle of the lawn and I was mowing them. I spared one, and this one is out of the way. Cheerful flowers.
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A couple early Clematis.
A velvety burgandy colored one. This one has been slow to establish itself but it's coming right along now.
A lovely dirty lavender...
I'm letting some Marguerite Daisies come back this year, I've missed them. They were sprouting up in the middle of the lawn and I was mowing them. I spared one, and this one is out of the way. Cheerful flowers.
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@Bernard Your garden looks lovely! I've never seen a clematis like the first one you posted a photo of. Even the stems look like they are red. Do you know the cultivar name?
@wtg Thanks. Yes! I made it a point to save all plant tags in a notebook (although I admit, some have been lost).
It's called Charmaine(TM) and I see it wasn't cheap, $36.88 as a small plant and that was 4 or 5 years ago.
The tag says, "A strong growing brightly colored plant that produces single, semi double and double flowers on the same plant at the same time, as long as some stems from the previous season remain after winter. Excellent for growing through other wall trained shrubs and climbers, good strong healthy foliage."
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Daylilies coming on strong! The gold ones on the right I got from Lilylady when I went to visit her.
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Hydrangea and Hostas.
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Daylilies coming on strong! The gold ones on the right I got from Lilylady when I went to visit her.
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Beautiful!
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Blackberries are ripening nicely here.
Seems early in the year?
The plants grew well in the spring rain, in the hedges and among roses, but the berries aren't big & juicy like supermarkets sell, due, I reckon, to the summer drought.Foraged about three punnets just from the back garden.
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Blackberries are ripening nicely here.
Seems early in the year?
The plants grew well in the spring rain, in the hedges and among roses, but the berries aren't big & juicy like supermarkets sell, due, I reckon, to the summer drought.Foraged about three punnets just from the back garden.
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I love this time of year when blackberries are everywhere and free.
Sometimes in winter they (and raspberries) are £15/kg in the shops, so the little plastic punnets with maybe 25-30 berries costs over £3. (Blueberries are always cheapest at £9-12/kg, and stay fresh longest).
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