This is one of our first daylilies beginning to bloom. It seems that summer is upon us no matter what the calendar says. The temps are in the upper eighties and the humidity is even higher. The garden appears to be quite happy about this.
The last iris to bloom is the wild blue flag iris. This plant is a pass along from a neighbor that grew only wild flowers in his garden. He is now gone but his legacy of wildflowers in the neighborhood is still going strong.
Even the Locust tree is sluffing off its spent blooms. They rain down like dirty snow. Filling the bird baths, your dring and your pockets if you aren't careful.
My only climbing rose is blooming up a storm too. I just love this plant. I am trying to get it to grow up into our apple tree. It is beginning to get up there. I have lost the tag and don't seem to have the name of it written down anyplace that I can find it. You have to get your nose right in there to get a whiff of it.
This Mock Orange you don't have to be too close to get a whiff. It sends out its marvelsous scent all over the patio no matter where you sit. Our guests were quite taken by its smell and the way it lights up this area around the patio. It is really an eye and nose catcher.
I am hopeful that life will slow a bit now. I must get back to blogging and reading my favs.
The last iris to bloom is the wild blue flag iris. This plant is a pass along from a neighbor that grew only wild flowers in his garden. He is now gone but his legacy of wildflowers in the neighborhood is still going strong.
Even the Locust tree is sluffing off its spent blooms. They rain down like dirty snow. Filling the bird baths, your dring and your pockets if you aren't careful. 
My only climbing rose is blooming up a storm too. I just love this plant. I am trying to get it to grow up into our apple tree. It is beginning to get up there. I have lost the tag and don't seem to have the name of it written down anyplace that I can find it. You have to get your nose right in there to get a whiff of it.
This Mock Orange you don't have to be too close to get a whiff. It sends out its marvelsous scent all over the patio no matter where you sit. Our guests were quite taken by its smell and the way it lights up this area around the patio. It is really an eye and nose catcher.
