Peony 'Blaze'

Hot and humid and breezy, in the 80s.  Very summery.

The peonies!  So hard to photograph, so stunning in real life.

 And look how the red pops from afar:











As you can see, the purple 'May Night' salvias are in bloom and the deep rich purple is great with the red peony.  The doublefile viburnum is still blooming strong.  The camassias are gone by, and the cute geums are also gone.

All the little woodland hyacinths at the front of the Birch garden are just going by now.  The Zebrina mallow is opening.

The newest persicaria 'Dimity' have shot up fuzzy pink spikes, but the older plants haven't bloomed yet. Amsonias are blooming, but the pale soft blue is so hard to photograph.

Allium moly and the soft pink rosy garlic are flowering.