Friday, May 25, 2012

Misty May Weather

It has been rainy, but today was damp and misty, without any real rainfall.  But I got soaked, just working in the yard.

The tiny little Henryi clematis has a bloom.  So clear and white.

The front walk looks good, with the allium moly blooming now, and the rosy garlic just gone by.  Sedum kamschaticum is blooming.

The Birch Garden looks great.  This year in addition to the appearance of 'Black Barlow' columbines that had been missing for years, the red dianthus has spread quite a bit.  A clump of wild fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) has popped up next to the red dianthus and actually looks very nice.

Note to self -- be sure to cut the abelia stems down to the ground at the end of winter.  I left them this year and as the abelia leafs out it looks raggedy.

The pink knockout rose is blooming by the front steps..

And I love this vignette along the front walk.