15 June 2021

June Bloom Day

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
What's blooming in the garden on the 15th of the month

I want to highlight some blooms that are not the usual ones I post every June.

Lychnis coronaria, Rose campion is such a work horse. It blooms in heat, reseeds well, survives winters, and the color combo of silver and magenta is striking.

Coconut lime echinacea is a hybrid that is lower in height, and not as attractive to pollinators as the native. Here, some little guy poses on a petal.

Speaking of lime ... this is lime green nicotiana. As thick as ever at this time of year, and a proflific reseeder. I keep it separated from the white in another garden to keep it from intermixing, and to maintain the green color. This year the fragrance at night is incredible.

I was lazy and did not cut off the seed pods one year. A whole lot of different hostas sprouted the following year. I kept about a half dozen including this one.

This lavendar was free at the Garden Bloggers Fling when it came to Washington DC. Lavender 'Phenomenal' is exceptional in that none of it died back in winter, and the amount of blooms is awesome.

\Once I figured out what this low-growing iris was (picked up at a plant swap), it was moved from the sunny garden to damp part shade. My native crested iris (Iris cristata) is now flourishing and I am rewarded with flowers.



An impatient visitor waiting for pollen to open.

Daylilies I crossed using the orange ditch lily with 'Night of Passion'. Very proud and pleased with the results, but the colors get washed out to a dull pale rust in bright hot sunlight.

Find more ther garden bloggers' blooms on May Dream Gardens.

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Love the Day Lily!
    I used to have Rose Campion, but lost it somehow. I need to find some more.
    Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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    1. Thanks. Hope you can get more rose campion.

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  2. Oh my goodness! Just look at those blooms. Absolutely gorgeous.

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  3. You have beautiful plants! I love your daylilies. I can't wait for mine to bloom.

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  4. Pretty daylilies. They look like my ditch lilies, which I love. I hope my baby Phenomenon does as well as yours!

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  5. I love the Iris! I tried growing Lychnis in my zone 10b/11a garden but it disappointed me by doing nothing, which I suppose was my punishment for zonal denial. I always fall for Echinacea too but it's really an expensive annual here.

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    1. Kris, The iris was only labeled "iris" when I got it. I guessed what the iris wanted, but guessed wrong for this type.
      -Ray

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  6. The rose lover in me is making a mental note about researching Lychnis coronaria because I am trying to expand my rose collection outside of English roses. You have some beautiful plant specimes. Thank you for sharing them.

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    1. Angie, Not sure this classifies as a rose, but for the name. Colors are nice though.
      -Ray

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  7. Your blooms are lovely and I especially like the Coconut lime echinacea and the picture of the bumblebee on the Echinacea. Happy June!

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