The weather has been so warm the last 2 days. Upper 80′s is high for Lansing Michigan in May! I spent some time in the garden planting annuals, weeding and watering, so not much quilting got done. I took a few minutes to take some pictures. I love to compare the garden from week to week and see how fast if grows!
So here is the slide show for the week. as always click the pictures to enlarge.
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- Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris Climbing Hydrangea
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- climbing hydrangea
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- colette climbing rose
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- single red peony opened today
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- single flowered peony
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- fragrant rose “snow pavement” blooms all summer
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- Rosa rugosa ‘snow pavement’
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- the unicorn rose got dirt spray on it while I was cleaning the sidewalk
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- chives aren’t just for the herb garden!
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- chive flowers always reliable early bloom
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- I dont know this one. It is a dianthus relative, but I dont know which one Update: Ann Hancock solved it…this is Lychnis flos-cuculi. Thanks Ann
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- the front yard will be blooming away soon
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- the roses are beginning to open
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- Reine des Violettes is very fragrant, but always gets black spot
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- rosa multiflora has very small flowers
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- the dogwood is still in bloom
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- new pots on the milk cans
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- the back yard is looking fuller every day
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- the lupine fades away fast in the heat!
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- ‘Jeanne Lajoie’ is a miniature climber…beautiful but also gets black spot
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- the last of the lilac. the fragrance fills the yard
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- the shady corner of the yard getting a few minutes of sun
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- chedar pinks … very fragrant…spicy
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- the red dianthus from last summer look great!
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- the hunter rose
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- columbine still in bloom
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- western wallflower still blooming
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- clematis is starting to bloom this week
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- I love the color
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- the plant finally took off and grew after 5 years of almost no growth
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- meadow rue
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- front yard filling in
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- the climbing hydrangea again (can you tell I like it)
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- more
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- and more
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- Dortmund rose is a great climber
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- dortmund
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- dortmund
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- climbing Hydrangea
Happy Gardening!
Tim
