On the fifteenth of each month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, inviting garden bloggers all over the world to show what's blooming in their gardens on this day. Click here to see what's blooming in the gardens of other participating bloggers. Here is some of what's blooming in my garden this month.
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I don't quite know how pansies bloom through the winter and then really take off and continur through much of the summer but I'm sure glad they do.
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Our native plant formerly known as Dicentra (bleeding heart) is quite thug in my garden and each year it seems to spread further.
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Columbines show up in all sorts of places and one never knows what kinds of hybrids they'll create with each other.
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Magnolia 'Black Tulip' was much darker earlier but I enjoy how it holds onto it's petals as it fades to a lighter shade.
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Rosa sericea ssp. omeiensis f. pteracantha has small silky white single blooms but is grown for it's incredible red thorns.
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These dianthus were a teacher-appreciation gift last year. Sold as annuals, they filled in nicely over the summer and I thought that would be it. However, they seem to have missed the annual lecture about dying after one year. They are such a sweet red color that I don't think I'll tell them.
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One last rhododendron planted years ago for the size of it's leaves. It's now a pretty tall shrub and I had to use a telephoto lens to get a close enough picture of the huge truss. (It's a little over a foot wide.)
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Meconopsis cambrica
I don't quite know how pansies bloom through the winter and then really take off and continur through much of the summer but I'm sure glad they do.
It's warm enough outside for the begonias and impatiens to be happy.![]()
The first of the alliums.
Our native plant formerly known as Dicentra (bleeding heart) is quite thug in my garden and each year it seems to spread further.
Parahebe perfoliata
This one will represent quite a few abutilons in bloom this month.
Plant formerly known as Magnolia laevifolia
Gentiana acaulis
Columbines show up in all sorts of places and one never knows what kinds of hybrids they'll create with each other.
While some camellias are definitely finished, others are just hitting their stride.
Ceanothus time!
Crinodendron hookerianum
Rhododendron something or other.
Fuchsia. The hardy ones haven't started blooming yet. This is a cheat from the store.
Polygonatum odoratum
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Magnolia 'Black Tulip' was much darker earlier but I enjoy how it holds onto it's petals as it fades to a lighter shade.
Noid rhododendron that a neighbor was going to throw away many years ago.
Honeysuckle
Grevillea 'Canberra Gem'
Rosa sericea ssp. omeiensis f. pteracantha has small silky white single blooms but is grown for it's incredible red thorns.
This Ceanothus has grown into quite a monster.
Ceanothus and Ribes speciosum
Buddleja globosa
Euphorbia mellifera
Aesculus pavia
Another neighbor-discarded rhodendron from several years ago.
Rosa rugosa 'Yankee Lady'
These dianthus were a teacher-appreciation gift last year. Sold as annuals, they filled in nicely over the summer and I thought that would be it. However, they seem to have missed the annual lecture about dying after one year. They are such a sweet red color that I don't think I'll tell them.
Melianthus and Euphorbia wulfenii
A couple of clematis. A smarter gardener might have planted vines with different bloom times.
Iris confusa
Paeonia delavayi
Paeonia ludlowii
Abutilon vitifolium
Pelargoniums are enjoying the heat.
One last rhododendron planted years ago for the size of it's leaves. It's now a pretty tall shrub and I had to use a telephoto lens to get a close enough picture of the huge truss. (It's a little over a foot wide.)
Happy GBBD everyone!