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Typically, the peak of my garden is the second week of July. I am fond
of daffodils and so they bloom early in the Spring. My property also has a lot of ancient (well, 40-years-old) flowering cherry, azalea, viburnum and spiraea, and they cover April and May nicely. Over the years I have also deliberately tried to put in things that bloom in the doldrums of August and September. The problem is that I still have a gap from about Memorial Day through most of June. Here are some of what is out now, however. One plant that I have tried to use in this seasonal gap is peonies. I put these in a couple of years ago, and they are starting to look pretty good now. They opened yesterday for the first time, and this flower is just about perfect. I think I'll start expanding this peony planting. I've got some old ones elsewhere on my property that are not very happy where they are, and I may be able to transplant them. I have done that successfully in the past, but you do need to be prepared to dig down at least 2-feet to get them. JD Canon 10D EXIF Data Included e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net Additional images at; http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/ |
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