Now and Future Blooming

 I'm going to miss a ton of good stuff in my garden, but at least the lemon lily graced me with one flower before I leave. I really love these. The old fashioned maroon one hasn't bloomed for years (because I haven't weeded well), but it has two buds this year. You can see it in a previous year at the link at the end. Also, 'Revolution,' the solid maroon one has lots of buds. The other yellow one, 'Young Love,' does not have buds, but it's alive, so maybe next year. I'm sure these would recover if they got weeded two years in a row.

Also in the driveway bed is that globe thistle that was determined to live. Sure enough, it is going to bloom. I'll miss it too, but you can see it's starting to get blue. Either later this year or in the spring, I'll bring it some friends for company.

In that same flower bed are some viper's bugloss (blue). This is a plain old alien weed, but I love them. In fact, I planted some here on purpose at some point. They are a biennial, so you have to watch for babies in the spring and put them where you are going to want them the following year. These are not where I want them, and they are small, but they bloomed, and they look nice with the meadow sage (purple). The really nice ones grow in my yard where they get about two feet tall over the septic tank.

Speaking of alien weeds, I let the silvery cinquefoil grow where it pops up in the rock garden unless it's crowding out something else. It's nothing special, but it's pretty enough. And it stays low to the ground, so that fits the rock garden.

I have no idea if the full blossoms on this will last until I get home. I hope so, because it's going to be amazing. The largest rosette of the 'Red Heart' sempervivum is going to bloom. I've been taking pictures of it for almost 2 weeks, and the development has been slow enough that I'm hopeful it will last. You can see it will be the pink, daisy-like flowers. I really want to know how big they will get!

Moving to the front bed, those astilbe I got for almost free last year are alive. Two of them are blooming. Not much, but it's a start. The two bloomers are both white, 'Bridal Veil.'

We'll end with two hostas. This is 'Tiny Tears' again. They are just making me happy with how profusely they bloomed this year.

And this is one of my small unknown hosta. One flower stalk, but I'll take it.

I will leave at about 11 am tomorrow, so I think the only other thing that might bloom is another lemon lily. But I'm sure there will be other gardens to share while I'm on my adventure. When I get home, the rock garden will need another complete weed-through. I hope some of the new sedums that are getting buds now will also still be blooming when I get back. THe sedum flowers do tend to last well, so I think so.

Almost, almost done with How to Hike the North Country Trail. I should be able to finish the details while on the road with no big issues. It has to go to be printed by July 15.

Got the Sampler Patches for NCTA designed and ordered. Got a few more Long Distance Hiker awards sent out (these take forever to process, so I'm still behind), and I picked up another editing job.

Just a few more tasks to finish before I leave.

See Yellow and Maroon