Radiation Biohazard

It's not a very pretty name for a daylily but it sure is a pretty daylily. The centre is a little more lime than shows here. We bought it in bud so the blooms are a little ragged this year. It's big too - like 8" across.

Clematis calamity

One of my Jackmanii clematis in full bloom went over in all the wind and rain we had. It's attached rather precariously to another clematis trellis beside it so I've decided to pull off the rescue mission after it's done blooming.

Taco Twister Take Two

Until this gets to be a big clump, I have to be pretty happy with two blooms in one day.

Blue and yellow

A new favourite combo - campanula and coreopsis.

The President

No, those are not tiny daylilies - the clematis flowers are huge. After 5 years I'm finally getting a beautiful show from The President this year. The blooms open dark fushia and quickly fade to this medium purple.

Drumsticks

My drumstick primroses are opening nicely but the stalks are short this year, in all the patches. That stump behind them has some pretty cool lichen growing on it - that'll be another picture.

Lily buds in October

I have 3 stalks like this and might see blooms.  These were planted in July - asiatic 'America'.

Found Between the Raindrops

It rained hard most of the day and it was hard to find a few minutes to get out without getting wet.  I was happy to find something new blooming - Starfighter!  Doesn't quite look like the picture on Vesey's.

Moonbeams

I never used to like coreopsis and now I can't figure out why.

Linda's Marmalade

Marmalade and friend with the spotted skirt.

Rain, Rain, and more Rain

It's been raining hard off and on all day.  At least everything under the trees will finally get watered.  Too wet to go out so I took this pic from the front window.  This is my ring garden on the other side of the driveway.  The water often fills up around the centre 'island' and overflows.  Here it's about halfway full.

Garden Friend

We don't know why this metal thing ever got put on a tree but the squirrel has a wonderful garden view from here.  (And yes, I had to use the zoom to get this :)

Funkidelic

Another Dutch iris, not completely opened but I got tired of running back and forth checking all day.  This is going to be interesting as the rest of the buds open over the next couple of weeks.

Blue Iris

Last year we noticed one blue iris among the purple and thought it was just a fluke.  But we did mark it and move it in the fall, hoping to start a new patch.  This year that one didn't bloom at all but we have 2 more stalks of blue in the old patch.  I remember now that we got some iris along with the yellow daylilies from Digby.  They had never shown themselves so I forgot about them.  What a wonderful surprise!  The blooms are huge and they smell wonderful.

I Love Blue!

I really do!  First bloom on this spiderwort this morning.  This is a more common variety but I like the flower colour better than the Sweet Kate - it's more blue.  This patch hides a big ugly stump perfectly.  First of the oriental poppies also opened today.

Mom's Pinks

I'm starting to realize just how many plants I got from Mom's garden!  These are just starting to bloom and I don't know the proper name.  They form big patches and the stalks are about a foot tall.  Even when they're not blooming, the bluish foliage looks great - until we get a rain storm.