Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for June 2010.
It seems like June is a month when gardeners from all hardiness zones begin to have more plants blooming in common, though we sometimes grow those plants differently.
Who doesn’t have coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea, pictured above? (Thank you to the butterfly who decided to pose there for a picture.)
Hardy from zone 3 to 9, coneflowers are surely blooming by now in almost all gardens where they grow. These will continue to bloom from now until frost in my garden, attracting all kinds of bees and butterflies.
I suspect we’ll also see many colors and sizes of daylilies, Hemerocallis, today amongst the bloom day posts. Here in my garden, there are still ‘Stella D’Oro’ daylilies blooming, even though I thought I dug them all up and tossed them out earlier this spring. They are not easily gotten rid of it seems!
I also have the common ditch lilies, Hemerocallis fulva, blooming on the utility side of my house.
Sometimes I wonder why I have this little stand of ditch lilies. There are so many other daylilies that are nicer than these ol’ common ditch lilies, like this spider-type daylily, 'Longstocking' which started blooming over a week ago out in the vegetable garden.
The one advantage that the common ditch lilies have over other daylilies in my garden is that every time I walk by them, I’m reminded of summer drives to southern Indiana to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. So they get to stay.
Elsewhere in the garden, I have the rain lily, Zephyranthes sp., in common with other gardeners in warmer climates.
I grow mine in shallow containers and store them in my garage all winter. Grown this way, they seem to last for decades. They would never survive if I left them outside all winter here in Zone 5b.
I also have a new-to-me plumbago type flower in my front garden, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides.
It’s not exactly the Plumbago grown in southern gardens, which would have to be a one season container plant here, but it does add a nice touch of blue to the garden.
Another plant I have in common with southern gardeners is the Queen of the Night, Epiphyllum oxypetalum.
Mine bloomed Sunday night, which is close enough to bloom day for me to post another picture of it.
I keep mine inside year round, so its one or two blooms a year are special events. I know that where it is grown outside year round, it can be covered with blooms all opening at once. Wow, that would be something to see!
There is much more flowering in my garden in mid June, but I’ll save those blooms for another day and end with Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis’, also known as the Oxford Orphanage Plant.
I read about this plant on the website, Human Flower Project, when Allen Bush wrote about getting it as a passalong plant from Elizabeth Lawrence.
It’s not as double as I thought it might be, and in this, its first full year in my garden, it is a bit straggly, having been moved earlier this spring with other favorite plants to the vegetable garden to wait out the construction of the new patio and cultivation of new flower borders.
But when I see it, I'm reminded that it was Elizabeth Lawrence who helped to inspire Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day with her quote - “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year" - and so it stays, too.
And today, it is again Lawrence who inspired me with her preface to The Little Bulbs to not only share about my blooms but also to compare them with how the same flowers might bloom in other gardens…
“It is not enough to grow plants; really to know them one must get to know how they grow elsewhere. To learn this it is necessary to create a correspondence with other gardeners, and to cultivate it as diligently as the garden itself. From putting together the experiences of gardeners in different places, a conception of plants begins to form. Gardening, reading about gardening, and writing about gardening are all one; no one can garden alone.”
What’s blooming in your garden on this beautiful mid-June day?
We'd love to have you share your blooms with us on the 15th of each month by joining us with your own Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post. Just post on your blog about what is blooming this month in your garden and then come back here and leave a link to your blog post in the Mr. Linky widget below along with a brief comment to entice us to virtually visit your garden.
The rules for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day are simple... no rules! You can include pictures, lists, no lists, common names, botanical names, whatever you’d like to do to showcase your blooms. You can post early, you can post late. We are grateful for whatever you share with us. Thank you, and all are welcome!
It seems like June is a month when gardeners from all hardiness zones begin to have more plants blooming in common, though we sometimes grow those plants differently.
Who doesn’t have coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea, pictured above? (Thank you to the butterfly who decided to pose there for a picture.)
Hardy from zone 3 to 9, coneflowers are surely blooming by now in almost all gardens where they grow. These will continue to bloom from now until frost in my garden, attracting all kinds of bees and butterflies.
I suspect we’ll also see many colors and sizes of daylilies, Hemerocallis, today amongst the bloom day posts. Here in my garden, there are still ‘Stella D’Oro’ daylilies blooming, even though I thought I dug them all up and tossed them out earlier this spring. They are not easily gotten rid of it seems!
I also have the common ditch lilies, Hemerocallis fulva, blooming on the utility side of my house.
Sometimes I wonder why I have this little stand of ditch lilies. There are so many other daylilies that are nicer than these ol’ common ditch lilies, like this spider-type daylily, 'Longstocking' which started blooming over a week ago out in the vegetable garden.
The one advantage that the common ditch lilies have over other daylilies in my garden is that every time I walk by them, I’m reminded of summer drives to southern Indiana to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. So they get to stay.
Elsewhere in the garden, I have the rain lily, Zephyranthes sp., in common with other gardeners in warmer climates.
I grow mine in shallow containers and store them in my garage all winter. Grown this way, they seem to last for decades. They would never survive if I left them outside all winter here in Zone 5b.
I also have a new-to-me plumbago type flower in my front garden, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides.
It’s not exactly the Plumbago grown in southern gardens, which would have to be a one season container plant here, but it does add a nice touch of blue to the garden.
Another plant I have in common with southern gardeners is the Queen of the Night, Epiphyllum oxypetalum.
Mine bloomed Sunday night, which is close enough to bloom day for me to post another picture of it.
I keep mine inside year round, so its one or two blooms a year are special events. I know that where it is grown outside year round, it can be covered with blooms all opening at once. Wow, that would be something to see!
There is much more flowering in my garden in mid June, but I’ll save those blooms for another day and end with Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis’, also known as the Oxford Orphanage Plant.
I read about this plant on the website, Human Flower Project, when Allen Bush wrote about getting it as a passalong plant from Elizabeth Lawrence.
It’s not as double as I thought it might be, and in this, its first full year in my garden, it is a bit straggly, having been moved earlier this spring with other favorite plants to the vegetable garden to wait out the construction of the new patio and cultivation of new flower borders.
But when I see it, I'm reminded that it was Elizabeth Lawrence who helped to inspire Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day with her quote - “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year" - and so it stays, too.
And today, it is again Lawrence who inspired me with her preface to The Little Bulbs to not only share about my blooms but also to compare them with how the same flowers might bloom in other gardens…
“It is not enough to grow plants; really to know them one must get to know how they grow elsewhere. To learn this it is necessary to create a correspondence with other gardeners, and to cultivate it as diligently as the garden itself. From putting together the experiences of gardeners in different places, a conception of plants begins to form. Gardening, reading about gardening, and writing about gardening are all one; no one can garden alone.”
What’s blooming in your garden on this beautiful mid-June day?
We'd love to have you share your blooms with us on the 15th of each month by joining us with your own Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post. Just post on your blog about what is blooming this month in your garden and then come back here and leave a link to your blog post in the Mr. Linky widget below along with a brief comment to entice us to virtually visit your garden.
The rules for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day are simple... no rules! You can include pictures, lists, no lists, common names, botanical names, whatever you’d like to do to showcase your blooms. You can post early, you can post late. We are grateful for whatever you share with us. Thank you, and all are welcome!
Comments
Thanks so much for hosting!
I enjoyed your post. I've been taking side streets when I go somewhere instead of main streets, so I can see gardens. I've even taken a few alleys. A lot of places have certain blooms open earlier than mine.
One thing I've been noticing lots of, are the old orange daylilies. They sure are pretty in masses. I like yours and the spider type ones, too. I'm not familiar with the rain lily. It sure is pretty, and the night bloomer is awesome.
I have an enormous number of daylily buds, but only a few blooms so far.
Thank you for hosting Bloom Day!
My Cereuses (Cereusii?) will be blooming in about a week or so if I can keep them watered enough to keep blooms from dropping.
Happy Bloom Day. Thanks again for hosting.
What a spectacular white flower and how sad it is so ephemeral.
Ceratostigma at this time of year is unknown to me: The C. wilmottiana we grow looks identical but doesn't flower until late September.
Thank you so much for faithfully hosting this regular monthly event: so uplifting to have it to look forward to in these difficult times.
That Queen of the Night is ever so beautiful - the inside of those flowers looks so interesting especially when I clicked on the photo to enlarge it.
Have a lovely week out and about
:) Rosie
Thanks for hosting! We're in Lisbon, Portugal right now and have seen coneflowers here, too.
Your Queen of the Night is stunning!
This month's scans are here: http://remarc.com/craig/?p=1021
I also have common daylilies blooming right now in my garden. I love the under-appreciated, common flowers even more because it seems like so many gardeners are foresaking them for the latest cultivars. They are becoming less and less common.
My echincea should be blooming in a week or so...unless the deer get to them first!
Thanks for hosting GBBD.
Eileen
I've got echinacea too.
Lovely blooms in your June garden. I've planted my red spider daylilies but it'll be a while before they bloom. I didn't have the heart to dig up my Stellas either.
Happy June to you.
Everything in your garden is looking fabulous.
Thanks for hosting, Carol!
Looking forward to seeing you next month!
My garden was SPEC-tacular then. But, It's doing well now.
I enjoyed seeing all of your "Southern Plants," Carol!
happy Bloom Day!
Lovely blooms in your garden. Every plant has a story. I remember the "ditch lily" from my childhood too. We called it "roadside lily".
Thank you for hosting Bloom Day. I can't wait to peek into the other gardens.
I missed last month, but return this month with riots of color.
http://healingmagichands.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/gbbd-june-2010-riots-of-color/
The ditch lilies were blooming along the roadside everywhere I was in the last week (Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), but there are none of those in my garden either. I think they're just as beautiful as all the fancy new cultivars.
No dayliles or echinacea on my GBBD post, like Catherine said, it will be a while here in the PNW, especially since we have had such a cold, wet spring.
This is my first time participating in Bloom Day. I have a houseplant blog called "Life Among the Leaves" where I also occasionally feature my outdoor gardens.
I love your Zephyranthes; I tried them indoors once, with some success.
Happy Bloom Day to you and all my fellow bloggers.
This is my second month posting! Thank you once again for this fab opportunity!I have been looking forward to this post!!
Happy Bloom Day Everyone!
Your picture of the echinacea and butterfly is so wonderfully shadowed.
I also did not know the lilies in your photo are referred to as ditch lilies. Now I’ll stop referring to them as tiger lilies! How embarrassing.
You do have many of the same plants that I grow down South.
Jan
Always Growing
I think the color of ditch lilies is just divine. Finding them blooming in the wild wayback here last year made me wonder why I had no orange yet in our garden.
Happy Bloom Day!
I really love the tiger lilies (ditch lilies). Your Queen of the Night is quite beautiful.
And I love your purple bench!
I'm excited to visit other gardens!
Thanks for hosting this!
happy day!
Big fan of coneflowers. I have a few varietals, but none have bloomed yet here in Denver area.
And a few daylilies... but no wonderful nightblooming cereus!
"No one can garden alone" - Miss Lawrence sure had our number, didn't she?
Hugs from Annie at the Transplantable Rose
My garden has definitely rounded the corner into summer. Got a whole new batch of things popping up.
Time's too short to list them all but I've managed to get a post together.
Your rain lily is so dainty and the exotic Cereus is a real beauty.
Ditch lilies are homespun. I love to see them blooming along the roadsides.
That's a very accomodating butterfly. Beautiful photo!
Happy Bloom Day and thanks for hosting.
Love your cone flower with butterfly, we’ve not seen too many butterflies yet this year… Mm… that’s a point where’s my cone flower? I wonder if it has been a winter casualty. Aw :-(
In case I don’t catch you next time, I’d like to wish you a great summer :-D
I love the quotes from Elizabeth Lawrence.
it has nice colours..
Your Cereus is seriously awesome, Carol!
I finally got my post done. Lots of photos and I'm slow at the photo thing. Besides, I've got a reputation to uphold since I'm TQOP. ;-)
And whilst I was putting my post together, as if by magic it turned itself into a list of things to do in the garden!
http://texifornia.blogspot.com/2010/07/garden-bloom-day-my-backyard-wildflower.html