Mass of Color

I love large clumps of one flower. The ox-eyed daisies started blooming a couple of days ago and are looking great right now. The trouble with them is that they won't look so great when they're done blooming. I had decided to rip them out and move them this year when they are done but now that they are blooming I can't imagine not having them here for their early blooms. I guess I just need to find a better way to screen the patch when they're done.

These iris are still giving me lots of joy. I will be moving the larger clump along the side of the house sometime in July but where ever they end up it will be as a large group. I love this passalong variety becase they multiply so quickly.

This group of pink foxglove should look great in a week or two. The ones County Girl has from this patch are already blooming. I have dozens of seedlings all over that I will use to create another large clump someplace. I'm waiting to plant the phlox in the background until the heat breaks since it seems happy where it is.

I love lupines! This grouping is not exciting me however. There were lots of seedlings this year and I have moved some into this area and several into the nightmare bed in hopes of having a spectacular display next year.

A Bit Behind

I seem to live in a time warp area where we are two weeks behind the surrounding areas. In town the azaleas are blooming (mine are just budding out) and the hosta have been coming up for a while now (I hunted and finally found some tips just poking through). I still don't have much blooming but things are starting to come along.

Lupine and Monarda. The lupine was given to me by a student last year. The monarda was a stow-away that never bloomed last year so I have no idea what color it will be. It certainly has multiplied. :-)

Spurge. This was given to Country Girl last year and she shared with me so I really didn't know what to expect.

Ox-eyed daisy, red monarda (both gifts from Country Girl last year) and delphinium.

We had a frost overnight so I've just started hardening off my seedlings in hopes of being able to plant later in the week sometime. So in the planting department it looks like we'll be a week or two early this year.