Happy Blossoms
All this talk about vegetables and food production is grand, but my first love in gardening is the perennials. I poked around a little bit the other day, and snapped some pretty blossoms.
I can’t wait for this big iris to bloom.
And this one I’ve had for years, it moved with me. These are blooming in a clump that I did not thin last summer. The ones I thinned are much smaller. They need some time to bulk up.
First Clematis!
Bachelor Button or corn flower. The tight buds remind me of pineapples. This self seeds aggressively.
Columbine 
And finally the Spring Star Flower. A late spring bulb that is beautiful.
Until next time, Keep Digging & Eat Well!
The Gastronomic Gardener
May 24, 2011
So pretty! My bachelor buttons are 3' high, ugly and scraggly. I'm going to pick the few blossoms and then rip them out and plant….I don't know, beets maybe. Or a bush cucumber. My daughter has a lovely peach colored iris that I covet. Every year she says she's going to divide them and give me some starts. I hope she realizes I'm getting older.
I think I need to plant more bulbs next fall, and dig and relocate all of my daffodils. So much to do, so little time….before we know it, I'll be heading back to AZ and telling my WA garden goodbye!
May 24, 2011
>I hear what you say, but I reckon that to be REALLY good, a plant has to be edible! If it looks pretty too, that's a bonus. 🙂
May 24, 2011
>Granny, Who watches over the garden while you are in AZ?
Mark, I reckon there is enough of each to go around!
May 24, 2011
>The garden isn't used from mid-October to mid-March. In the past I've had a winter garden in AZ, but I'm not planning on being there long enough this year to bother with it. I try to get the WA garden all cleaned up before I leave, but sometimes it doesn't get done…like this past winter. I had a real mess to clean up when I got home! I think we'll wait until after Thanksgiving to go south this year, so hopefully I can get my garden put to bed properly.
May 24, 2011
>Beautiful! Love the iris!
May 24, 2011
>Then be sure to stop by again tomorrow Sheila!
May 25, 2011
>So gorgeous, David! My Star of Bethlehem bulbs are blooming now, too. Funny thing though, the foliage is very yellowed, likely from all the rain.