The garden is full of sparkles and exclamation points on an absolutely splendid day. We get these days of perfection once in a while—not so often as to lose our appreciation for them. The allium shubertii is absolutely amazing, although difficult to capture due to its size—2 feet across!
Other events of note, happy, sad and mixed—I am the parent of a high school graduate, and my host daughter’s “real” parents arrive this afternoon.
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verbascum and shubertii in bloom |
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Day 628
Allium giganteum
Blooming
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Day 523
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 258
Allium christophii
Blooming
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Day 1496
Delphinium
Blooming
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Day 318
Verbascum bombyciferum
Blooming
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Day 1912
Aquilegia chrysantha
Blooming
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Day 248
Allium schubertii
Blooming
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Day 237
Allium christophii 'Albopilosium' Allium christophii
Blooming
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I never promised you a you know what garden roses starting to bloom |
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Comments
Mamabluestem wrote:
Wow, I LOVE your allium!
Posted on 20 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
cristina wrote:
Congratulations.. Have a nice meeting with Italian parents!
Posted on 20 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
laurieann wrote:
It’s great to actually have a warm, summer day on the official first day of summer, isn’t it? Spectacular blooms!
Posted on 21 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
Matriarchy wrote:
Oh, I really need more alliums! Love your huge ones.
Posted on 21 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
Cherokee_Motley wrote:
With a 4 1/2 and a 6 year old in the house, I can’t image them graduating. Do me a favor…. tell me it was a really long time ago that your child was little, please. I don’t want them to grow up.
Posted on 21 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
I am smitten with your Verbascum bombyciferum! I’ve never seen anything like it. I get at least one volunteer mullein in my garden each year but nothing like that.
Posted on 21 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
rainymountain wrote:
The purple alliums are lovely.
Posted on 22 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
LouiseM wrote:
What an amazing collection of alliums! I’m a bit perplexed yours are blooming now – most of mine are some weeks over. And the verbascum is other-worldly! :)
Posted on 24 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
anelson wrote:
some alliums—“purple sensation”, “everest” — are long done but the gladiator, the christophii,and the shubertii seem to be very late bloomers, and especially late this year with our recoord coldand rainy june
Posted on 24 Jun 12 (11 months ago)
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