It is the first week of June and the gardens already look like it is mid-summer. Everything has grown so fast that I can hardly believe what transpired in just one month.
The Nasturtium hanging basket is full of blossoms and the honey bees love it.
The violet Petunias are huge and so colorful but I don't like this variety in a basket. The plants are huge and don't cascade well.
I like the pattern at the center of the flower with the blue stamens. Very striking indeed!
I replaced the large petunia plants with these smaller lavender and purple ones. They are starting to fill in and have already set side branches.
The last of my peony bushes bloomed. It tends to take longer than the others since it is in a very shady location.
It looks pretty nestled among the ferns making a nice colony in this garden.
I was checking on the raspberry patch on the side of the house and found a few Tradescantia Virginia's flowering. They are commonly called spiderwort and bloom in June.
The wisteria vine is in full bloom on the southern trellis entering the vegetable garden.
I have forgotten the name of this vine after all these years. It is unlike other wisteria that can climb to massive heights. The flowers stay small and compact.
This vine produces a very strong, lovely scent even with the smaller flower clusters. The entire yard smells heavenly. I should take time to dry some of the buds to add to some bath salts.
The orange Azalea tree put out the last flush of flowers and the hard rains this week finished it off for this year.
I did dehydrate some of the sage this last week before it went to flower. The honeybees are having a feast now that it is flowering. The sage in the vegetable garden helps to attract the bees and they are busy pollinating the peppers and tomatoes.
As you can see the lupine are reaching their maximum height and already setting seed. I did cut them back after the rain came. The border zinnia next to it will have more room to grow now.
The first flowers are on the border zinnia that I started in April. They are growing very slowly for some odd reason.
Even the marigolds are slow too. They are attracting the bees and little butterflies though and I see some second buds forming. Maybe by the end of the month, they will fill out better.
A few pink poppies are blooming in the butterfly garden. I happened to see a yellow swallowtail flying through the yard. It is nice to have the butterflies back for another year. Before I know it I will be collecting eggs to hatch them.
The blue cornflower is still blooming even though the Dogwood tree has now made this a shade garden that used to get a lot of sun. I may have to relocate some of the plants to sunny spots.
The back porch is all set up and ready for afternoon visitors and the wine is always ready to be served.
Until next time, this is Sunscape
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