Bloomin' Flowers Everywhere . . .

At last my gardens are just popping with life and color. Finally! I have to wait
a little longer up here since it's a bit higher and we're surrounded by huge fir
trees. I'm usually a couple of weeks behind Catherine of so I have to enjoy hers while chomping at the bit!!!
There is so much blooming that I will have to show the rest of them on my next post. I can probably do that tomorrow since our weather is so hot I have to stay in the house now.
My gorgeous Poppy is definitely the star of the show today. I wait
all year to see this one bloom. It reseeded and I even got a few more than last
year.

A closer shot of this delicate beauty!

The Lilies are in full bloom - what the deer didn't chew off that is. We sprayed
repellent and it worked great but then we had record breaking rain and as good
as it is something had to give. Just in time for a second course for the deer.
It was pretty strange though because they didn't eat everything and I even found
some blooms on the ground they didn't eat.

I'm thinking they're showing these cute little babies how it's done and got sloppy.
That or something spooked them. Is this little guy adorable or what? A pain in
the backside as far as eating my flowers but still cute. How mad can I be when I
see this fawn walking around in my yard just daring me to hate him. It's
definitely a love/hate relationship I have with all of the critters around here.
Another Lily - I thought this was where my Stargazer was but it has no speckles. Hmmm, I
must have planted another one here. Wonder where my Stargazer went.

These are some new Lilies I bought last year and the tag didn't say anything about
them. They look like an Oriental Lily to me (but what do I know about Lilies)
and they are really short. My neighbor said they are just called border lilies.
Who cares, they're pretty and just a beautiful rich color.

Would you believe I still have a Columbine blooming? Cardinal Song.My new from last year Dicentra Burning Hearts. It's suppose to bloom up to fall.

The Bleeding Hearts are still blooming. The purple Jacobs Ladder in the
background sure looks great with this pink.

Jacobs Ladder
I am so excited that I have Delphiniums. I've tried for almost
20 years to grow them and couldn't. But last year I had one show up from a
packet of seeds and it came back this year. Then I bought 2 this year and they
are still blooming so we'll see. If all goes well maybe I can work up to the
'Pacific Giants' that I'm dying to have!Look at this Astrantia. I just got it this year and am I ever impressed. It's
blooming it's heart out and it is sooooo different looking. I love it!!!

And last but certainly not least is Veilchenblau putting on it's own show. Another
one the deer usually gobble down. It isn't the most beautiful rose but it has so
many blooms in this purplish color that it's really impressive.
It's definitely my color.

Clematis Josephine Blooming For Fertilizer Friday

It's Fertilizer Friday and everyone is flaunting their flowers so when ya get
done here be sure to link over to Tootsies place from the bottom of my page and
see what she and everyone else is up to.
Today the star of my show is Clematis Josephine. First, because she is so beautiful with her huge pom pom in the center and second, because last year we thought we lost her after her move
the year before. Now I'm thinking maybe she's going to be happy here after
all.
I showed one of the Peony blooms but now more have opened so I'm showing it
again. The pink ones haven't opened yet.
Red Valerian is getting ready for it's all summer show. It just keeps giving and
giving.

I think my new Lilac, the dwarf Miss Kim is opened completely up now. She looks
pretty with the lavendar Siberian Irises behind her.

Heuchera Snow Angel is getting ready to bloom. I discovered this one in Tina's garden.

The Bleeding Hearts are barely blooming and later than everyone elses as usual, even
my neighbors. It will be moved in the fall to a happier home.

Columbine Cardinal Song.

Not sure who this Columbine is but it's frilly and dainty.

Hardy Geranium

Snow In Summer with some Dianthus behind it.

One of the Verbascums.

A pink Lupine this week is on the way.

My Columbine that blooms 2 different colors.

The clumps of little wild Irises pop up all over my woodland garden and some along
the edges of the yard.

I've seen black Lithodora all over our county. That cold week we had tried to kill it
off for everyone but black or not it still bloomed and is turning green now.

What A Show For Fertilizer Friday

Yesterday was pretty nice so I took a walk around the yard and was absolutely amazed at how much I saw poking up out of the ground. I'm a little concerned that the weather forecast is saying record lows for this time of year coming in a couple of days. What will this do to everything? Guess I'll find out.

The first place I went to check was over to the Helleborus Niger Lenten Rose because other bloggers are showing theirs and I didn't see any sign of mine. I thought I had lost it. I was a little disappointed because for years I haven't liked this flower. It wasn't pretty at all and I often wondered what made me buy it. Must have been a pretty picture on the ticket that is gone since I've had it so many years.

A pretty picture like this. I realized last year it must have gotten prettier with age.

Clementine Rose a pretty light pink Columbine.

Crocus

Brunnera Jack Frost

I had passed my new bleeding heart and didn't see any sign of life. Then I got to my older one Dicentra Bleeding Heart and saw life there so decided to go back and look at the other one a little closer.

I felt really bad when I didn't see anything because this Dicentra Bleeding Heart Burning Hearts blooms for a really long time and I had just bought it last summer. After getting closer and really looking I spotted some green coming up. Boy was I relieved. This little beauty is suppose to bloom from March to September!

My beautiful red and white Columbine Songbird Cardinal.

English Bluebells that my neighbor gave me.

White Bells from the same neighbor.

Narcissus also from . . . yup Marilyn gave me lots of bulbs.

Paper White Narcissus

The Clematis Jackmanii is showing lots of life.

And this I am really excited about - the beautiful hot pink Naked Ladies I showed a while back blooming in Marilyns yard, well she gave me some of those too. I only see one coming up with a big ole deer print right in front of it. Hope they didn't destroy the rest of them. I'll just hope the others are a little behind showing their pretty faces.

Pink Hardy Geranium

Sedum Autumn Joy

Tradescantia Spiderwort

Sedum Linda Windsor

Siberian Iris

Tall Phlox, are they called Garden Phlox?

Meadow Sage May Night

Pink Hydrangea I put in a pot to keep it that color.

I have another Hydrangea, called Buttons and Bows, and it has new leaves all over it but I just couldn't get a clear picture of them to save my soul. Hope it blooms this summer as it didn't last year. Every pink petal is trimmed in white.

Maybe this year I will get to see this bloom. I've had it for years. It was up back in a raised bed but critters kept chewing it down. I'm surprised it lived . . . but it did but never got to bloom. So fall before last I moved it closer to the house thinking the guilty party might leave it alone. They did and it grew and looked good but still no blooms. Maybe this will be the year. It is a Thalictrum Aquilegifolium and it says it is Columbine like. The leaves look like Columbines but the picture shows the bloom is totally different.

Here's the giant 4 ft. purple Columbine


I thought I lost this one last year in that horrible heat we had. It just disappeared. But it looks like it's coming back. I am REALLY excited about this one. Glomerata Superba Campanula, a tall purple one.

Here's a Yellow Flag that's going to Catherine's house, or maybe her pond? Glad it made it back.

I'm pleased that the blue Lacecap Hydrangeas I started a couple of years ago are looking good.

Daylilies

Sedum Purple Emperor

I found this Abelia Edward Goucher in the greenhouse that I started last year and it looks dead . . . but what is that little purple pinkish ball on it?