lilium “tiny ghost”lilium “tiny nugget“lilium “tiny double you”lilium “I’m not sure until they open”lilium “tiny bee” foreground to center right, lilium “2-pack from costco that I forget” center leftlilium “tiny avalanche”
There is a delightful array of late spring/early summer perennials popping colors about:
goldmound spirea and coreopsis in the foreground, coreopsis and stella d’oro daylilies in the backgroundsalvia “lyrical rose” and “lyrical blues”salvia “lyrical blues”spirea “goldmound”yellow coneflowerbutterfly weed“asclepias tuberosa”marsh milkweed “asclepias incarnata”shasta daisy “alaska”false sunflower (heliopsis helianthoides)walking onionwhite yarrow
Last fall’s pansies are nearly recovered from winter:
The perennial herbs are lush and thriving. Some annual herbs have recently joined them:
front to back, l to r: sweet majoram, tricolor sage, sage, english thyme, sage italian oregano mexican terragon and coreopsis volunteers mexican tarragon, peppermint
And, finally, our spiderwort has been moving freely about the garden for years. Lately, the flower colors have been diversifying as it does so. (The same has been happening with our columbines, although they are already bloomed for the season.)
our wabi-sabi life 