Peony Time!

 

Yay!

Soft Focus

 

Not sure why this rose looks as if it has been shot like a Joan Crawford close-up in a 1940s film; I did not put Vaseline on the lens...

Rosy

 

My first crop of roses for the season...heavenly fragrance!

Pink and Green

 

My Little Tree...

 

...hangs in there. Our poor Western redbud tree is not well, but I love it so and am overjoyed when it flowers and leafs out every year. 

Late Peonies

 

These are more than likely the last peonies of the season...a very nice bunch, too!

Today's Harvest

 

Unfolding

 

The First

 

. . . roses of the season! They smell heavenly.

Buzzing

 

Rosy

 

It was not a great year for the roses, for some reason...lots of rain early in the year, which I might have thought would make them happy. These are lovely, though, and they smell heavenly.

The Last (Probably)

 

I cut the first dahlias in the first week of July and now have cut what are probably the last blooms today. Three months of continuous flowers, pretty fab! 

Before/During/After

 

The dahlias keep on coming! Yay!

Pink and Purple Fab

 

I should think there might be one more big harvest (maybe two?) of dahlias this season. And I am very happy about that! 

The Garden Report

 What's doin' in the garden today, June 12, 2023?

The very first two sweet peas! Hoorah!

And a handful of roses (yes, some of those outer petals have been chewed on--I like to share!)

Wow Wow Wow!

 

A friend and I were walking this morning and turned a corner to see these--they are utterly amazing!

Pie-o-Nee (Peony) Time!

 

Yay! (These opened from a fully closed bud to wide open in one day...they are gorgeous!)

Rose Season Has Arrived

 

The beginning of this year's rose crop! 

Redonk Ranunc(ulus)

 

They are amazing...they look as if they are made of paper.

Pink in Winter

 

I love these December roses...they are the very last gasp of blooms before the plants get their winter pruning. (It smells heavenly.)