Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - June 2009
Happy GBBD for June, the first month of Summer! The whole garden is blooming, and everything smells fantastic... well, not the chicken coop.
First off are the roses. We have 32 rose bushes that were planted by the original owners of our 1924 home, so some of these beauties are very, very old. This is just one of two rows of rose bushes.
There are yellow roses
And another type of yellow rose
Red roses that smell like fruit punch
Pink roses that smell like perfume
And red and white mottled roses that smell like rose
First off are the roses. We have 32 rose bushes that were planted by the original owners of our 1924 home, so some of these beauties are very, very old. This is just one of two rows of rose bushes.
There are yellow roses
And another type of yellow rose
Red roses that smell like fruit punch
Pink roses that smell like perfume
And red and white mottled roses that smell like roseBut we have other blooms here, in the vegetable garden and throughout the yard:
The box of Pacific Northwest wildflowers is in explosive display
These are poppies and something else
(I have no gift for flower identification)
There is this beautiful plant that my neighbor claims is a weed.
I say tomayto, he says tomahto.
And where would Lavender Notes be without...
lavender? Can you even tell that I've clipped off dozens and dozens of flowers? This bush is looking sad after the rains we've had, but the flowers are abuzz with bees and other pollinators. I clip these flowers for my Lavender-infused oil and Calendula & Lavender infused oil.
Now, someone told me this was a mock orange, but now I'm not sure.
Garden Rant had an article this week about mock oranges, and those photos looked nothing like mine. The scent from these flowers is divine, though. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm entertaining, standing there for long periods of time, inhaling my flowers and smiling.
Speaking of sweet flowers, does anything compare with star jasmine?
Of course, clematis is showy without any scent at all.
Look at all those buds! Lots of flowers this year!
Over in the vegetable garden, Chinese cabbage has gone to flower.
We're collecting the seeds this year, and what a batch we'll have!
Finally, these are Cherokee Purple tomato flowers.
We have flowers on all of our tomatoes: Pineapple, Glacier, Mortgage Lifter, Oregon Spring, Koralik Cherry and Chocolate Cherry. We also have about 10 small green tomatoes, but this blog is about flowers!
The box of Pacific Northwest wildflowers is in explosive displayThese are poppies and something else
(I have no gift for flower identification)
There is this beautiful plant that my neighbor claims is a weed.I say tomayto, he says tomahto.
And where would Lavender Notes be without...lavender? Can you even tell that I've clipped off dozens and dozens of flowers? This bush is looking sad after the rains we've had, but the flowers are abuzz with bees and other pollinators. I clip these flowers for my Lavender-infused oil and Calendula & Lavender infused oil.
Now, someone told me this was a mock orange, but now I'm not sure.Garden Rant had an article this week about mock oranges, and those photos looked nothing like mine. The scent from these flowers is divine, though. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm entertaining, standing there for long periods of time, inhaling my flowers and smiling.
Speaking of sweet flowers, does anything compare with star jasmine?
Of course, clematis is showy without any scent at all.Look at all those buds! Lots of flowers this year!
Over in the vegetable garden, Chinese cabbage has gone to flower.We're collecting the seeds this year, and what a batch we'll have!
Finally, these are Cherokee Purple tomato flowers.We have flowers on all of our tomatoes: Pineapple, Glacier, Mortgage Lifter, Oregon Spring, Koralik Cherry and Chocolate Cherry. We also have about 10 small green tomatoes, but this blog is about flowers!
Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to all, and a huge thank you to May Dreams Gardens for making the 15th of every month so special! Don't forget to visit Lavender Notes etsy store for any and all of your aromatherapeutic needs. I'm converting all of my products to free shipping, and all June I'm offering free mini-bottles of Shanti's Miracle Drops to all orders of $10 and over.
Much health!
Much health!
posted by Liisa at
7:59 PM
8 Comments:
Hello Liisa,
That lavender plant is not sad: it looks lovely and swirly, draped down so elegantly :-)
Actually, too much rain does make the flowerheads go brown, so I grow mine under large sheets of glass.
Hi Liisa,
Your roses are gorgeous! And in so many colours too! So many of the blooms are new to me, and that's why it's all the more interesting to visit GBBD posts. Even the white flowers--star jasmine and mock orange--are stunning!
oh your lavender is just beautiful! i have one big one and several new, smaller ones..but my big one still hasn't produced flowers like your's! different climate contributes i'm sure..
gorgeous pics! happy gbbd!
LOL-You identify flowers the way I do: Here's the white one, here's the red one, etc.
How cool that all your roses have been there for so long. I find I have to keep my roses in pots or they don't do well. I always thought anything confined in a pot would love to go into the ground, but that hasn't proven to be the case here.
That's quite a bit of bloom. I've never lived where someone else gardened first, but think that would be fun to see what they planted and try to figure out what it all is.
Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
I love lavender, but no matter how hardy the nurseries try to claim it is, mine still die. I got one to overwinter only to have it die the next June. *sigh*
Your mock orange looks like mine, and I think it smells divine, too.I'll go over to garden rants and see what she has. thanks for your visit and kind comments on my blog.
Beautiful pictures. I haven't tried my hand at growing roses yet. Every gardener I know seems to have 1 or 2 horror stories about growing them. Your pictures are now encouraging me!
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