Here it is, June, the transition from Spring to Summer. In spite of my new bunny ranch, I have blooms – it is a miracle! Those bunnies are ravenous and I am considering my first BB gun – not really, only at certain moments such as when I discovered the Morning Glory was eaten to the ground in a blaze of glory. Although discouraged, I do have to remind myself that I chose to garden for wildlife. Here it is!
Things will live through this bunny boom or they won’t and that is gardening. Here’s what’s on the menu and a portion of what’s blooming in the Violet Fern Garden this garden bloggers’ bloom day hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens.
The Woodland Edge is peppered in pinks and purples. For dessert? Flowering Raspberry.
Goats Beard and Summer Containers in the Woodland Edge
Spiderwort (Tradescantia Osprey), Jacob’s Ladder and Columbines in the Woodland Edge
Our native Blue Flag Iris
Primrose (Primula x bulleesiana)
Amsonia x Blue Ice, Blue Star and Allium Moly
Flowering Raspberry (Rhus odoratus), and Wild Sweet William or Meadow Phlox (Phlox maculata)
The Bird & Butterfly Garden is buttered in yellow.
Evening Primrose (Oenothera) and Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla Mollis)
Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla Mollis) after a rain
Baptisia ‘Twilite Prairieblues’
The Riverfront is laced with complex flavors.
Black Lace (Sambucus)
Catmint Walkers Low (Nepeta), Snow in Summer (Cerastium tomentosum), Black Lace (Sambucus)
The Potager is an herbal delight.
Chamomile
Thyme and Purple Perilla
Sedum in a Potager path from a nearby park (I took a cutting)
The new Hosta Row is dotted with Caramel, Heuchera ‘Caramel.’ May I have a Pinot with that?
Heucheras ‘Caramel’ and ‘Pinot Blanco,’ Hollyhocks in background in new section Hosta Row
Can I get you anything else for your dining pleasure? No? Well, thank you, dinner’s on me.
The Violet Fern 