June blooms

I moved the Jack in the Pulpit last fall, because it was crowded under a fast-growing shrub, and I marked the spot with a stake.  I've been watching and waiting for it to appear, and I thought I had killed it in the move. But here it is in all it's fabulous glory, with lots of space around it.

On paper, tan and maroon and orange sounds like a very tacky colour combination.  But this iris is amazing.

A lovely blue iris

This iris is an old favourite

The yellow iris did not bloom last year.
Look what I was missing!

The highbush blueberry blossoms are promising yummy things for August.

Turtlehead (Chleone) is a lovely plant for the shade.
Now I just need to rip out the dandelion and violets that are crowding it.

tulips

After a very long cold winter and a late spring, the tulips are blooming with abandon.  The continuing cold weather, while making us humans miserable, has the oppositie effect on the flowers - keeps them blooming longer than usual.

Many years ago, I ran out of room in the flower beds, and planted tulips in the vegetable garden.
Since then, I have dug out the bulbs to plant elsewhere, but I always miss some, and they come back, spectacularly blooming amongs the veggies.  This year, they are sharing space with the garlic.

almost black with a rim of white contrasts with the white daffodils

green and white is a great colour combo.

magenta lily flowering tulips contrast with white daffodils

pink streaks

so many variations...

This tulip has curled out from under a rock.
Life is persistent!

A few years ago, I rescued these bulbs from a dump
where they had spent a year languishing above ground.

Red tulips guard the space under the honey locust tree
 while the hostas are getting ready to come up.

These tulips surround a flowering crab apple tree.  
They keep the pink and red theme going.