June 28

Of course, the usual thing has happened, I didn't keep up with my photo taking or my weeding like I wanted to, I did other things instead.  It is, however, taking a long time to be hot and it's been raining about every other day, too.  Not, just sprinkles, but measurable rain!!  Four days ago we had 2", and we've had another nice rain with a little hail just a couple of days ago. 

I planted the mint in the terrace garden and it is doing fine.  The asters, I forgot to plant right away and they are doing NOTHING in the pots.  Just sitting there. 

Zane was a sort of help the day I planted the petunias in the front window boxes.  He was over exuberant in the watering department.

My pansies are beautiful!

(out front)

I think this is the gas plant I got from mom.  Your are supposed to be able to light the blooms after dark, they put out enough gas to burn.  This is the first year they've bloomed.  I've had it several years. 

(middle circle, main flower garden)

I love these larkspurs, the original seed came from Jim's dad flowers. I've had them all over in the garden, but I'm trying to keep them in this part just north of the house at the moment.  They tend to reseed everywhere. 

(dry garden)

 On the left, are my painted daisies are looking just like they do every year.  Scraggly and yellow.  I need more iron in my soil.    Usable iron, anyway.  These were yellow when I planted them.  One year later, they've reverted to pink. The photo on the right is spiderwort which we dug up by the Platte River one year.  It is a native variety so it does well without overtaking.
(by the pond)                                                                                                                                                                    (dry garden)

Daisies and Bachelor Buttons (blue cornflower) look so pretty together. 

( main flower garden)

Silver mound with dianthus

(main flower garden)

 My beautiful vining pink mini rose, in my depression glass cup and saucer. 

 Climbing Rose, it sure should be doing better than it does, but a lot depends on our soil, which is white clay, and we likely don't fertilize effectively. 

(rose garden)

I THINK this is a "nearly wild" rose bush.  I love them and it blooms it head off a couple times a season.  It tends to grow very long branches part of the time and needs trimmed off. 

(front of the house)

Blue Flax next to coral bells.  This reseeds itself well, and not too much.  I have to watch to keep it where I want it.

(main flower garden)

Double Delight rose, gone wild.

(main flower garden)

I see that last years petunias have reseeded themselves and come to join the pink ones. 

(window boxes)

Clematis

(Flagpole garden)

Our red dianthus, so pretty, and it keeps coming back.  It is usually good for three or four years. We like to put blue lobelia in with it, but couldn't find any this year. 

Jim has extended the trellis for the clematis.  It grows bigger every year and is doing splendidly.  The first year or so, it grew slowly and died all together, which is a normal problem with new clematis, as they get older they should do all right.