My garden is very much in transition right now. As I move forward, repairing winter’s destruction, and attempt to make sense of the bare ground where the privet used to be I hadn’t really stopped to notice what was blooming, didn’t have time! And that’s why I love Garden Bloggers Bloomday. It’s a reason to stop and smell the flowers, and photograph them. I look back on my 5 years of Bloomday posts as a great reminder of plants I had which are no longer with me. These posts also act a garden clock, reminding me if the garden is early, late, or just right. Here’s how this April is shaping up…
My accidental Epimedium (E. wushanense) produces the characteristic alien space-ship like flowers, they do make me smile.
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This crazy business was an attempt to cheer myself up on a grey ugly day. Camarillo Fiesta Bouganvillea bridges the dangerous gap between pink and orange. The papery bracts start out pink but fade to a delicious orange. It borders on being a hot mess but I LOVE it. Of course the color is nearly impossible to photograph, especially on a windy day.
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Ceanothus 'Dark Star', photo borrowed from last week's "favorite" post...
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Ajuga 'Black Scallop' in the front garden...
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Ajuga 'Black Scallop'...waiting to be planted in the back garden...
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Euphorbia 'Blackbird'...I managed to not photograph the aphids, trust me they're there...
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Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'...I love this one...
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Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
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Euphorbia cyparissias, creeping here and there and everywhere...
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Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' in another windy blur...
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Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Rosemary
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Stachyurus salicifolius, able to breath with the removal of the privet and the death of the Clianthus puniceus. It finally gets to be the star it was meant to be!
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And finally the Alocasia amazonica, which has been doing time in our shower jungle, is blooming. Yay! Flowers in the shower are even better than flowers in the garden.
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As always the Bloomday fun is hosted by May Dreams Garden, all the links to blooming posts are to be found there.
All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
My accidental Epimedium (E. wushanense) produces the characteristic alien space-ship like flowers, they do make me smile.
This crazy business was an attempt to cheer myself up on a grey ugly day. Camarillo Fiesta Bouganvillea bridges the dangerous gap between pink and orange. The papery bracts start out pink but fade to a delicious orange. It borders on being a hot mess but I LOVE it. Of course the color is nearly impossible to photograph, especially on a windy day.
Ceanothus 'Dark Star', photo borrowed from last week's "favorite" post...
Ajuga 'Black Scallop' in the front garden...
Ajuga 'Black Scallop'...waiting to be planted in the back garden...
Euphorbia 'Blackbird'...I managed to not photograph the aphids, trust me they're there...
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'...I love this one...
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
Euphorbia cyparissias, creeping here and there and everywhere...
Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' in another windy blur...
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Rosemary
Stachyurus salicifolius, able to breath with the removal of the privet and the death of the Clianthus puniceus. It finally gets to be the star it was meant to be!
And finally the Alocasia amazonica, which has been doing time in our shower jungle, is blooming. Yay! Flowers in the shower are even better than flowers in the garden.
As always the Bloomday fun is hosted by May Dreams Garden, all the links to blooming posts are to be found there.
All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.