My Bloomday participation has been rather hit and miss lately—however, since the blog of our hostess of this event, Carol, is called May Dreams Gardens, I needed to post for May's Bloomday. Most things have caught up with the season and are blooming roughly when they "should," however there are still a few stragglers—plants that are sulking because of our cool wet spring. Let's have a look...
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Epimedium 'Amber Queen'
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Epimedium wushanense
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Convallaria majalis 'Aureovariegata' (variegated lily of the valley)
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Disporum cantoniese ‘Moonlight’
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Thalictrum ichangense 'Evening Star'
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Gasteria glomerata
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A couple of my palms are pushing out their lobster-claw blooms, here are the ones at the tip top of my tallest, a Trachycarpus fortunei.
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And a close up of one of those claws on a Trachycarpus wagnerianus.![]()
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From above...
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Rhododendron laramie
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A new lewisia I haven't got planted out in the ground yet, Lewisia longipetala 'Little Mango'.
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A no-name lewisia from a long ago blogger's plant swap...
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Another no-name from a friend.
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Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'
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There are a few rosemary blooms, although about 80% of the plant turned crispy brown because of our winter weather.
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Poncirus trifoliata
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Corokia cotoneaster
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Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Hindwarf', wide-shot.
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And a close-up.
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Erica arborea var. alpina
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I'll wrap this up with my Rhododendron stenopetalum 'Linearifolium', which seems to be having a great bloom year. Be sure to visit Carol's May Dreams Gardens for a link to all the bloggers posting their blooms today!
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Magnolia laevifolia...
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A spring favorite.
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It's so good!
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There are a million saxifrage blooms in my garden this time of year, and no, that's not an overstatement. These flowers belong to Saxifraga ‘Primuloides’...
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These are from Saxifraga taygetea 'Rotundifolia'. You get the idea, they're all small white flowers that bloom on delicate stems.
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The podophyllum are also in bloom, these dark leaves are P. 'Red Panda'
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A close-up of it's blooms.
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These smaller blooms belong to Podophyllum pleianthum.
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The white blooms of Podophyllum peltatum.![]()
Arisaema ringens
Close-up.
Solomon's seal (Polygonatum sp.)
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