What's Bloomin'

Simply happy to report that there are still things coming into bloom. And that we had an extra weekend day this weekend (thanks to our veterans for both the holiday and - more importantly - our freedoms) to play outside.

More irises came into bloom, along with my delphinium (that's the dark purple one):

I'm especially impressed by the two-toned irises. Maybe (maybe) they'll change my mind about not liking irises:

These dainty white bulbs bloomed at the front of my yard. They're called Allium Graceful. And if you've heard the name "allium" before...in connection with onions, you are absolutely spot on...I love the flowers that I get from my allium plants. Chives. globes, these little white ones...the variety is wonderful (and I'd bet they're all edible, though I'll stick with just eating my chives).

And then there are the primroses, which are native to this area. They bloom all summer long, and well into autumn, as I found out last year. And then - there's still more to them, can you believe it? - their leaves turn red. Fancy. They do tend to take over and become invasive, but honestly, I love that about them. Only because I have a large yard that needs lots of flowers, though.

There are also some plants that I bought last week, after discovering a new nursery. Very dangerous. Me in a new nursery, not the plants themselves. This is a sedum of some sort, which has a cute little flower much like the allium above, except in yellow:

Then there's the tradescantia (or Widow's Tears), which promptly decided to fall over and look pretty sad.

My neighbor also gave me a ton of blue salvia (in exchange for dividing her very large salvia). Love that about neighbors! It does look a little sad after transplanting...

But I have high hopes for it. This salvia is planted along with my daisies all along the rock border at the front of my yard. So imagine this...

With tons of these in front of the rocks...

Along with the blue salvia above interspersed between them. I can't wait until next year!!!