Friday, May 18, 2012

Glorious May Day

70s, cool, dry and sunny.  Everything in the garden looks perfect.

I've seen this all over Pinterest.  I thought it would involve digging and setting the pot in carefully, but I just plopped the pot on the ground and was done.  Kind of cute.

The alliums are big balls and the viburnum in the background has been blooming for weeks now.

The Birch Garden looks good, although at this early stage things are lumpen mounds.  A lot of purple.  The Carolina Moonlight baptisia I just added will give some yellow highlights.

Salvia May Night.  These seeded themselves, two side by side in front of the clear red peony which is about to open.

I love the wild lupines and daisies on the back hill.
I'm not sure the green director's chairs add anything, but it does put a little color in the gravel garden, and several people can sit there.

The Birch Garden from the other side.  Husker's Red penstemons look good and full and will be blooming shortly.

The Birch Garden from the right side.  The Orange Dream golden foliage really does pop from afar, mitigating some of the purples.