Sunday, May 31, 2009

MAY GOES OUT WITH A BANG

so many flowers, so little time... magnolia sieboldii colossus has been blooming for a while...
the japanese square garden is at peak with baptisia, dianthus, euphorbia, prostrate baby's breath, bloodgrass and iris...
the dogs pose together in front of the potager...
i planted some marigolds i bought yesterday to speed along the colors...
and i couldn't resist this lantana 'patriot desert sunset.'  i'd like to know the difference between a patriotic sunset and a non-patriotic one.  the flower is certainly not red, white and blue.  go figure: a pretty plant with a silly name.
last weekend i rebuilt the forest garden's path and it's still sandy...
the mountain laurel 'pinwheel' is glorious today...
the wild, wooly, north garden (help, it's drowning in invasive plants!!!)
can you find the firecracker flower in the above photo?  kind of lost in the sauce, i think...
here's the rabbit hole in the north garden, from which the dogs excavated the bunny inhabitants.  i'm glad i missed the action.  i was surprised at how shallow the hole is, after reading "alice in wonderland."
white and pink deutzia buds about to open.
white siberian iris...
a dark allium... what a glorious weekend to garden!

2 comments:

Sheila said...

It looks like your garden is beautiful this time of year!

em said...

sheila, thanks so much for the compliment! i love may flowers, so i put lots of them in the garden.