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<\/a><\/p>\nI love this blackberry plant for its flowers and the promise they hold. \u00a0There were hardly any bees early on, but the last few days this plant has been abuzz with pollinators.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had this miniature rose since before we moved to this house 20 years ago. \u00a0It is finally getting some sun and a chance to flourish after the redo of the orchard garden last year.<\/p>\n The buds are deep yellow, but the flowers fade to a soft cream.<\/p>\n This lovely allium relative has the unfortunate name of Nectarscordum.<\/p>\n The flowers face down, so can \u00a0be tough to view\u2026<\/p>\n Close-up.<\/p>\n The deep purple columbines contrast nicely with the bright raspberry foliage. \u00a0I keep cutting the raspberries back, but they are always one step ahead of me. \u00a0Tough to get mad at them during berry season, though.<\/p>\n The iris that were burned in Leon\u2019s fire accident last year are blooming. \u00a0Only the really hardy, near-wild ones have flowers, but there are six spikes this year. \u00a0I love the look and the very distinctive fragrance.<\/p>\n The flowers are kind of wilty in all the hot sun, but the way they unfold and refold is interesting. \u00a0This was the iris that my Mom grew in her garden in Burien.<\/p>\n The species rose that I grew from a seed from the arboretum is blooming. \u00a0I love single roses. \u00a0These flowers are superficially similar to the blackberry blooms in the orchard bed.<\/p>\n \u00a0 This rose gets lovely hips, too, but I will need to cut it back before it has a chance this year\u2013it is planted in a bad spot at the end of the driveway and it encroaches on the driveway and the street.<\/p>\n Dame\u2019s rockets under Leon\u2019s Miracle Gro sculpture in the Douglas fir bed.<\/p>\n I love how the dames rockets have spread. \u00a0They have a nice spicy scent and if I cut them back, they\u2019ll bloom again.<\/p>\n Rhodohypoxis baurii form Edelweiss blooming in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n A larger division of the same clone.<\/p>\n The masdevallias keep blooming\u2026<\/p>\n Freesia laxa with the orchids behind.<\/p>\n Close up of the seed-grown freesias.<\/p>\n \u00a0 The pitcher plant in bloom with a hatching of orb weavers behind.<\/p>\n A little more perspective on this interesting bloom.<\/p>\n Gorgeous Hippeatrum \u201cJade Dragon\u201d in bloom in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n A different view.<\/p>\n The clivia show wasn\u2019t as brilliant this year, but there were still some lovely flowers.<\/p>\n More clivia blooms.<\/p>\n These tiny seedlings of Geranium \u201cSummer Snow\u201d are tiny compared to the meadow cranesbill below that were started the same day.<\/p>\n Mountain bluets blooming in the Doug fir bed.<\/p>\n This is Brunnera \u201cAlexander\u2019s Great.\u201d \u00a0So far, it seems okay with the dry, well drained soil of the Doug fir bed.<\/p>\n More pictures of the Miracle Gro with hesperis at its feet.<\/p>\n Close-up of the dame\u2019s rockets (hesperis). \u00a0I grew the white ones from seed years ago and they persist as volunteers, with just a few lapsing into the more common lavender.<\/p>\n I love this little hosta in the Doug fir bed. \u00a0It has perfect foliage and a neat shape.<\/p>\n Another picture of the dame\u2019s rockets. \u00a0I guess I really like them!<\/p>\n \u00a0 Lilac \u201cMiss Kim\u201d is a little beauty in front of our living room window. \u00a0It stays so low and blooms for almost a month.<\/p>\n All of these flowers, and a fresh fragrance, too.<\/p>\n This happy pansy wintered over in a pot on the driveway.<\/p>\n Here is a flower from the blackberry \u201cWild Treasure.\u201d \u00a0This plant is very happy on the trellis this year and has a lot of flowers. \u00a0I\u2019m hopeful for berries this year.<\/p>\n You can see all the flowers on Wild Treasure here. \u00a0We should have berries in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n The Apache blackberry cane that I tipped last year at 6 feet has hundreds of flowers this year. \u00a0I\u2019m looking forward to some serious blackberry production this year.<\/p>\n Another photo of Apache flowers. \u00a0 I love these delicate blooms.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Here is one of the Jacob\u2019s ladders I stated from seed last year. \u00a0It didn\u2019t look like much all alone, but the photo makes it look pretty showy! this is the only one that bloomed of the 10 or so that I planted in the orchard bed last year.<\/p>\n Sweet woodruff flowers. \u00a0There is just a fringe of this ground cover near the arbor.<\/p>\n Detail of Solomon\u2019s seal flowers and leaves.<\/p>\n More Solomon\u2019s seals.<\/p>\n One of my favorite roses\u2013this is Souvenir de St. Annes, I think. \u00a0It has the nicest fragrance and wonderful blooms.<\/p>\n The shrub isn\u2019t doing well in a pot, so I \u00a0need to move it to the garden\u2013I will look to doing that sometime soon before I lose \u00a0it altogether.<\/p>\n Jacob\u2019s ladders of a softer shade.<\/p>\n And more. \u00a0These grow along the driveway.<\/p>\n Geranium macrorrhizum blooming all over the garden. \u00a0I like these. \u00a0They are less invasive than some, but spread enough to cover necessary ground.<\/p>\n Another amazing geranium. \u00a0This is a phaeum cultivar. \u00a0It grows up nicely through the big foots and blooms for a couple of weeks with these purple blooms.<\/p>\n More detail of the \u201cMourning Widow.\u201d<\/p>\n \n<\/p> <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Such a crazy time in life and in the garden! \u00a0Seattle pretty much skipped spring and jumped right into summer. \u00a0We had multiple days in the 80\u2019s in April, and it has been really dry, as well. \u00a0I will be putting the sprinkler out tomorrow. 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