{"id":5282,"date":"2019-05-12T01:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T01:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=5282"},"modified":"2019-06-16T06:04:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T06:04:05","slug":"pictures-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/12\/pictures-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bounty of may blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posting photos from the garden today\u2013will hope to add captions when time permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bleeding hearts bloomed later this year\u2013this one from Sister Cate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Attempted cherry graft\u2013appears to be taking<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Another graft that is leafing out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Golden chains may be weedy, but they are glorious for about a week each year<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Abutilon vitifolium from seed blooming in the orchard bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Asian pears\u2013this espalier tree grafted with multiple cultivars has not been productive at all\u2013I think it must be too shady where it lives<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Many bleeding heart flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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The cherry set a lot of fruit, but dropped almost all of them before they ripened<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Dramatic columbine in the driveway bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Jacob\u2019s ladder near the driveway\u2013this has been a strong performer for ten+ years.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Geranium phaeum\u2013this plant grew larger than ever this year and bloomed for more than a month. I am hoping it sets seeds, as I\u2019d like more of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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This photo gives a sense of the size of this 5-year-old plant of G. phaeum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Dame\u2019s rockets in the Douglas fir bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Brunnera in the Doug fir bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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I thought this hosta in the Doug fir bed had died, but it came back pretty strongly this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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More dark columbines\u2013these are in the Doug fir bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Lavender dame\u2019s rockets in the Doug fir bed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Horned poppy in the memory garden\u2013great color and form<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Camassias blooming in the memory garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Close-up of the Quamash blooms. I\u2019m hoping they perennialize here.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Amazing Antoinette tulips\u2013they turned pink and still look amazing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Line of tulips\u2013I hope to add more bulbs in fall 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Santa Barbara daisies in the memory garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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A few of the seedling columbines are spectacular, including this impressive white one.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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A prolific-blooming pink seedling.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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And even more prolific light pink\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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This one was showy for a long time. I\u2019m letting all of them go to seed and hoping to get some interesting seedlings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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This columbine looks great with the catmint.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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The warm weather cut shortened the duration of the lupine show this year, but the colors were great.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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The Chaenorhinum bloomed nicely this year. They are delicate and subtle. I\u2019ve since cut them back and am hoping for a second flush of bloom.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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The only seedling oriental poppy turned out to be a fairly standard orangey-red. I have a dozen or so more seedlings to plant out this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Arboretum seedlings popping up\u2013lots of really interesting looking ones this year!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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More arboretum seedlings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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And more.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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And more.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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The boxwood cuttings that I found last year appear to have taken finally! One of the, at least, is getting new leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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This arboretum seedling looks like an Aesculus of some kind.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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More big seedlings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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And more\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Coelogyne flowers. This orchid bloomed for over a month this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Nasturtium seedling in the greenhouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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I divided the Pleione formosana pot this spring, and it was PACKED with bulbs and bulblets. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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I ended up getting six pots of Pleione formosana divisions from the one pot. I\u2019m hoping for a LOT more flowers next year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Rhody in the woodland garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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Leon\u2019s lovely koi pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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