Happy Bloom Day everyone! Memorial Day has passed and summer has arrived on the Lot. Some blooms have already arrived and faded since May Bloom Day. I am going to make an attempt at taking photos at the beginning of each month as well. That way I’ll have a more detailed comparison of growing seasons.

What’s Blooming

Here come the roses! This pale pink bloom is from a monster climber at the southwest corner of our home. It is just beginning to bloom and adds a lovely fragrance to the porch area.

When we moved into our home, we didn’t even notice this climber at first because it was squished between the yew and an arborvitae. With the removal of the overgrown arborvitaes, the rose now has room to stretch its canes. This rose is the first to bloom on the Lot and has been doing so for awhile now. Some time after its done blooming but before August, it will receive a haircut to get it more under control.

Here is a lupine blooming for its very first time. There are several, young lupine scattered around the south bed due to me accidentally leaving a purchased, mature lupine go to seed.

The snow angel coral bell is now in full bloom. This plant responds well to deadheading spent blooms by sending up new flower stalks. I like the combo of its leaves against the foliage of the winter savory to the right and the black eye susan (rudbeckia) to the back.

Also blooming for its first season is this false indigo. This yellow cultivar was purchased after I fell for some false indigo gifted to me by Ms. A. Like the plant given to me, this false indigo did not bloom until its third season on the Lot.

Among the bulbs on the Lot, the allium are now blooming. This first photo is of bulbs I planted just this last fall. Even knowing how tall they grow, I was planning on their blooms to more closely follow the last of the tulips.

These allium in the alley bed were gifted to me by Mrs. N. I love the shape of Hesse and will leave the seedheads standing for most of the summer,

Also baking in the alley bed is this sedum. It was purchased to fill a dry area beside the house on the east side of the Lot. It struggled because the morning sun was not sufficient to keep it healthy. Last fall I moved it to this bed where it receives full sun all day and is much healthier.

And last but not least are the peonies. All of them on the lot are extremely fragrant bursting with blooms. Next season will require some more cages to help these plants hold up their heavy flower heads, especially after they are wet with rain.

That is all for the Lot this month. Be sure to visit May Dreams Gardens for additional blooming news.