Welcome to Mary and Gary's Garden Diary for June
June 2011, again a cool spring has everything behind schedule but very healthy. The Clematis are just starting to bloom. Creme Brule Corabell in the center. Our 3-yr old Weigela is small but pretty. The ground cover Sedum and a Rose Queen Salvia are bloomin. Below the Knockout and Double Knockout rose surround the Peony.
How about some produce like these Peaches, Sweet Cherries,
Grapes, Tomatoes and Kiwi. Unfortuneately, the Apricots, Nectarines and
some others were taken out by the cold Spring we suffered through. Note I
cheated and replaced the tomato picture. First red tomato, June 11th, a
Red Alert cherry tomato.
To the sides are a blooming Nine Bark shrub and a very dainty Painted
Daisy. Below, construction continues as the old cabin gets mirror windows, the
neighbors deck is nearly done and... a heavenly smelling Mock Orange.
The Mini Pearl Plox and Lamium are thriving in the shade, and below our
little Hostas from 2009 and 2010 are finally growing up.
Here come the Summer colors at last. Bearded Tongue, a dainty Campanula, red Maltese
Cross and the red & yellow Yarrows. The weeds and mosquitos are trying
to take over but Mary's hard work has the yard looking great.
The colors are all over. The blue Bachelar Buttons in the sun, the Zebrina
in the shade. Below is our best performing Clematis (Jackmanii). Our
thornless Blackberry that we cut way back but is still blooming and a new
Meadow Rue blooming for the first time in our garden.
To the sides, we have a Husker Red Penstemon our first and last blooming
day lily, a Stela'd Oro. Below the
Lady's Mantle and our first Jalapeno pepper on the 11th. Last is a
little shrubby Cinquefoil.
The purple Bee Balm marks the beginning of summer. The delicate Astilbe is
ruling the shade bed and below is a Butterfly weed, a huge cluster of
Jackmanii blooms and a cluster of Helen's Flowers.
To the sides are Lipstick plants and a Yella Fellah Oenthera. Below we
have a Poppy and Hollyhock surrounding a surging mound of Walker's Low Cat
Mint. When you want a purple that's always dependable. In Nebraska,
Lavender just doesn't thrive.
With only a week left in June, I have filled my page. (left-right) A Elodie Asiatic Lily and
our very first Cone Flower. Below, more of the mid-Summer stars are just coming on.
Another Asiatic Lily, some Shasta Daisies, and a Coreopsis just starting to bloom.
