Blooming Before the Weekend

 Here are plants that are newly in full bloom. Some of them probably won't be as pretty in just a few days, and I'm going out of town for Thursday-Saturday, so we need a good look at them today.

This is the Bronze Ajuga (Bugleweed). Most of them like shade but the bronze one seems to thrive in the full sun. The dark leaves are great all season, but when it blooms, wow! This patch is too big, but until I have other plants to replace some of it, this is fine.

We are also at the peak of the Moss Phlox. This is everywhere, but this is the largest patch. I used to have four distinct colors, but they seem to all be reverting to near a magenta/pink. It does make lovely mats of color.

This is another of my rock garden favorites. It decided to have two blossoms right on top of each other. There was a third bud, but it got broken somehow. Not sure if there will be any additional blooms. This is 'Jewel Baby' iris. It's a regular bearded iris, but it grows only about 6 inches tall.

Only a couple of plants did not survive the winter. Of my three ice plants, one died. I was able to get a replacement, so this is 'Ocean Sunset.' The ones that overwintered have leaves, but are just starting to think about blossoms. So, you could say this bloom is a greenhouse cheater. But here it is.

Moving out of the rock garden, umpteen years ago I rescued a couple of trillium from a construction site. It took them quite a few years to settle in, but here they are. That dead grapevine is trying to change the habitat, and I might need to do something about that. It may be getting too much sun now.

We had some nice rain today, 0.2 inches. That kept me doing mostly inside work, but it meant I didn't have to water the gardens. The two plants I had ordered came and I planted them. You'll see them later. I was quite happy with their size and the packaging.

The rain made it humid. I'll have to have a few days to get used to that again.

Tomorrow I am headed for Gaylord- activity to be shared tomorrow. Then Friday and Saturday I'll be attending the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association Conference. Should be some fun stuff to share.

See What's in Full Bloom