Saturday, May 5, 2012

Lots of rain lately and the flowers are many...

The Foxglove (Digitalis) is in peak bloom today. We grow ours from seed and they never disappoint.
Dame's Rocket (Hesperis) and Digitalis together under an oak tree.
Exbury Azalea 'Gibraltar' displaying its vibrant orange blooms. This plant has been a slow grower and quite fickle for us. We've had them die but we keep replanting.
A mixture of roses; Livin' Easy (front-orange) and Easy Going (back-pink/apricot).
Pink Double Knockout Rose with Cytisus 'Lena' (Scotch Broom). Turns out this is a great paring.
A yellow Calla Lilly (Zantesdeschia) with an unusual yellow leaf.
We planted this Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Lychjen' last spring and it really came to life this season.
Two gardens on the left of the property.
Clematis Proteus has two distinct flowers on the same vine. These are single blooms but it does produce double blooms from time to time.
Philadelphus Mock Orange with red climbing rose.
The classic white calla lily.
Yellow Flag Water Iris does well even if its not in a boggy setting. It must be kept moist or it will not bloom well.
This is a monster 6 foot digitalis.  The photo does not do it justice. Absolutely stunning in person. We plan to let this one go to seed.
A nice purple Iris germanica.
We planted this white clematis `Gillian Blades' next to a Nelly Mosure. We expect a nice contrast when they bloom next spring.







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