The Late June Garden

[F, Calla & Luca]

Since yesterday the garden has been giving me some angst. Luca is all too interested in my falling down shed, no doubt the woodchucks are in residence underneath. I do have to have the shed taken down but that's a project. I had my sons and Sarah out yesterday. Sarah was out taking pictures when she saw Luca saw a chipmunk come down the tree. She looked away and next thing there was a dead body. Today I was just strolling outside when I saw a yellow and green, good sized snake. No doubt a garter snake . I hustled the dogs in and when I returned to the garden the snake was gone. At least this removed my dilemma as to how to move it. This garden is becoming a bit much  for my nerves.

But then I concentrated on the good, peaceful part of gardening. The trumpet vine is starting to bloom and I will try to preserve it as much as possible when the shed comes down.

The daylilies are joining the hydrangeas, which have been in bloom for a while:

And perennials like this hardy alstroemeria Sweet Laura are blooming now:

What's blooming in your garden, show us!

[Carol and Banjo]

Jane has really raised the bar for flower photos...I played around taking pics of just a couple of flowers in the garden today...and except for the Purple Cone Flower I don't know what the other one is.  I don't like those little plastic "name tags" and throw them out - not good considering I have horrible recall.   Here are my attempts at "artsy".

[F, Calla & Luca]

Beautiful Carol. You and Jane are neck and neck! The other flower looks like an zinnia to me.

[Carol and Banjo]

Thanks so much F.    Yes! Zinnia!!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Carol, these are Awesome!  That is some great focus on the cone flower with beautiful bokeh.  I love the composition on that one too....great placement.

[Carol and Banjo]

Thank you Jane!    You've really inspired me....hope to get the LensBaby before summer's end.

[Camilla and Darwin]

So beautiful!

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

My garden is a work in progress (most of these were planted less than 1 month ago), but there are some blooms and a box of veggies/herbs!

I'm going with a "sunset" theme to my garden - almost all the flowers are yellow, red or orange.  There's a cobalt blue himalayan poppy that has yet to bloom.. I'm waiting impatiently!

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Gallardia sp. "Goblin"

Mysterious red flower that I've forgotten the name of (a primrose?)

Mysterious yellow flower from an end-of-season sale

An interesting hybrid rose.  I call it the "discount rose" because it was from an end-of-season sale.  Some of the blooms are this yellowish colour, some are more pink.  I think it may have been grafted.

The tastiest part of the garden.  Dill, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, onion chives, garlic chives, strawberries and bush basil... all in one planter!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Your garden looks lovely. Mysterious red I'd need to see the whole plant to get foliage , height etc. The yellow is a coreopsis.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

The red one looks like Avens (also called Geum) to me.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think you are right. Funny, I never heard them called Avens and know them only as Geums.

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

I think you're right - that name sounds really familiar (Geum).  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]