Shelley, thank you for posting your Mountain lilies picture. I also have this lily although I didn't know the name of it. This is wonderful...another named perennial!!

Brenda

You captured the color of the Mountain Lilies wonderfully, Brenda. I planted these last year. BTW they are tiny bulbs not a perennial. Do they increase well?
Shelley

They were accidently planted with an iris right on the same spot and so, I was wondering whether they were a tiny bulb. I do not remember evidence of anything there when I planted the iris. I seem to remember them blooming last year but this year there are far more blooms and so, I would say that they must be multiplying under there just fine.

Now, the problem will be in separating the two. Although, the iris is an MDB and so, it finished blooming long before the Mountain Lily started. How deep did you plant your Mountain Lily? I need to know how deep I should be digging if I do decide to divide the two.

BTW, according to one web site they are a zone 5. What were you told? We both are definitely not zone 5.

Brenda

Brenda,I had to check my planting guide that was sent with the bulbs. It said to plant 3" deep. So I'm sure that is what I did.
I ordered the Bulbs from Brecks and was sure that they were listed as zone 3.
I'm just glad they made the first winter.
Shelley

Those Mountain Lilies are really cute!

Here's a few more things that are blooming for me now.

Veronica
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Zinnia 'Swizzle'
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Painted Daisy

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
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Foxtail Lily 'Cleopatra'

Laurie

The gardens here seem quite a bit slower than the pics I am seeing on this forum. For instance, my painted daisies won't be blooming till next week.

Here is some of what is blooming this week.

Coral bells....the first time I had them survive the winter and actually bloom. These are so bright and cheery, I hope they keep surviving winters for me.

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It was a bit windy. LOL!!!!

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enjoy,

Sierra

Laurie, I like your veronica with those sedums next to it - nice combo!

Sierra your seating area looks GREAT!! It looks nice & private.

One of these is Gold Standard - the other, I don't know. Laurie, look! look! the 3 babies in the front are from the seeds you gave me! :0)
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An unknown Dianthus

Semps - anyone know their name? The largest are about 6-7".

A thunder cloud - it just hailed on my garden... off to see if there was damage. >:0(
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Awww, Gillian your baby hostas are so cute! I just planted one of my seedlings out yesterday. The other one, which has a lot of white in it, is terribly slow growing and is still very tiny, so it'll stay in a pot for awhile yet. I've got semps that look a lot like yours too, but haven't got a name for them, sorry.

I sure hope you didn't get much damage from that hail cloud......that can sure be nasty!:(

Here are pics from my soggy garden this week. :)

This is a late lilac, now in full bloom. It smells like roses!
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This is the second bloom on the blue poppy. The first one got blasted by some rain. This one looks oddly purple:

Veronica austricia 'Royal Blue' is beginning to bloom. This is the one i was supposed to put chicken wire on, right? I didn't!

These wild columbines are going crazy! You can't walk down the sidewalk anymore!

I have a few containers with this combination of Yellow and Burgundy Madness petunias in them:

Shelley and Laurie, love your Mountain Lilies, I ordered some from Veseys yesterday after seeing that they are hardy in our zone!

Shelley, is your Salvia an annual or perennial, I love it!
Looks pretty tall, save seed please ;)

Laurie, your Foxtail Lilies are awesome, IÂm going to have to try again, I dug up my 2 bulbs that I planted last fall and of course they have rotted. I think I will order again, but overwinter them for their first winter down in the pumphouse and then plant them in the spring..

Sierra, your bench garden is so tranquil looking! Do you actually sit there and relax? LOL

Gil, your little baby Hostas look so cute, I hope you didnÂt get any damage from those clouds!

Wow, Marica, your Wild Columbines are still standing, we had such harsh winds today that mine look beaten.

Well, I have so many photos this week that I will just leave a link to my Photobucket, hope you enjoy them.

I will post this photo though. ItÂs just about to open but the buds are kind of cool looking.

Sharon

Here is a link that might be useful: Week of June 17th

WOW everyone..your garden pictures make me feel warmer, the abundance of summer is showing on your gardens :-)
Lisianthus..weather beaten but lots of buds on them
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long spurred columbine
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love this annual "tapestry" phlox..
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savona

Sharon,my salvia Eveline is a perennial.I bought it last year at Canadian Tire or Ronas. I'll try and save some seed for you. It was one of the plants that I eagerly was waiting to pop out this spring.

Savona those Lisianthus are stunning. I can't wait for mine to bloom, or set buds at least.
Shelley

Thanks Gil, I think it gives a sense of privacy but its not really that private.

Sharon, well, like you...when I sit down...I see something that needs deadheading or a missed weed or or or...LOL!

Nice gardens everyone!.

Marcia, your columbine walkway looks dark and spooky. They are taking over! LOL Very pretty.

Savona, I can't wait to see my lisianthus bloom now. I am NOT looking at the PHLOX...I'm not, I'M NOT!!!! :O

Sierra

I'm enjoying the pictures of all the gardens and making mental notes of what I want. I obviously need to add allium to my next year's garden.
Sharon, I see you have Tanacetum huronense var. terrae-novae Dwarf Tansy. I have just started that from seed this spring. The seedlings are very vigorous. Being a tansy, it is making me nervous, as I see some huge tansy clumps in the wild near here (probably t.vulgaris). How long have you had yours and is it behaving itself? It looks so cute in the picture.
Thanks, Marie

As usual, beautiful pictures! Everyone's gardens are just bursting into bloom. This year it seems like real life is getting in the way of gardening life for me but I have been taking some photos...

Here is a link that might be useful: Susan's June Photos

Wow, lots of beautiful gardens. My yard seems to be about two weeks behind everyone else's, plus the weeds are having a really good time. I haven't had a chance to take any pictures lately, or post them (have to fight the rest of the crew to get computer time). But just two more weeks until I'm off for the summer, and I'll hopefully get caught up - summers off are a great part about working at a school. End of the year inventory/textbook management is a not so great part.

Connie

Yes Marie, I wintersowed my dwarf Tansy a couple of years ago, its not as invasive as the vulgaris species, but still a little spreader. I keep yanking the sides to keep it behaved, but it is a cute little plant in front of the border.

Sharon

Great photos everyone! Sharon that bud is so cool... for some reason I would be scared to touch it tho :0/ LOL it looks prickly.

Susan I love your red & white columbine - does it have a name or just from a mix?

The hail didn't do any damage to speak of besides a bit of bruising around the edges of some light coloured flowers. Good thing!

Sharon, I've got a silly question for you. Is the Melica ciliata grass, an annual or a perennial? Yours in the picture is huge, and my seedlings are still pretty little in comparison.

Gillian, glad to hear that your garden was spared any major damage.

Laurie, Melica ciliata is a perennial, it really shows off much much better in it's second year, I can't wait to see how it preforms in its 3rd year. It's so gorgeous when the sun sets.

Oh that's good to hear Gil that you didn't get any alarming damage.

Sharon

Gillian - The labels in my garden are long gone but from my winter sowing records I can narrow that red columbine down to either Aquilegia canadensis (seed purchased from Specialty Perrenials) or seed received in a trade as Columbine 'Red Star'. When I googled the Red Star it is referred to as Aquilegia caerulea.

Thanks Sharon, for some reason I had it in my head that it was an annual. I guess I'll have to take it out of my planters and put them in a more permanent spot then!lol And yours is gorgeous, so I'll have to find a nice spot for them. Your ornamental rhubarb is looking fantastic too, as well as that variagated horseradish.....have you ever noticed any seeds on it by chance??

Clematis 'Betty Corning' is blooming today.

I love this vibrant yellow/orange of trollius.

Laurie

Is this a tansy of some kind? I'm going to pull it all out anyway, it's not my cup of tea and it's hogging prime real estate.

THanks Shelley, I wonder if 'Eveline' will come true to seed. I was reading at the link below that its propagated vegetatively, but I'll try, I'll be happy even if it turns out blue.

Nice photos Laurie!
LOL, I guess Melica ciliata would look ok in a pot too. Later on they turn to a silky white then fade to cream. Make sure you cut off most of the finished plumes, otherwise you'll have seedlings all over the place!

I've never bothered collecting seed from the OHR, because you'll probably end up with reglar plain green. I can try if you want some, or if you can wait till next spring I can dig up a root for you since I owe you ;)

Gil, no your plant is not tansy, it's called Anthemis tinctoria Golden Marguerite, possibly 'Kelwayi'.
I have this plant in a couple of places in the garden too and it too can be invasive if you let it self-seed but I love when its fully blooming. If you do keep the plant deadhead before the seed, otherwise you'll have babies all over the place and they seem to germinate right thru mulch too!

Here is a link that might be useful: Salvia pratensis Eveline

Thanks for the ID Sharon, yeah it's all over into everything and I don't like it much. It has a hot date coming up with Mr. Roundup >:0)

I concur that variegated horseradish will probably be plain green from seed. Luckily horseradish is known for having great big roots that you can share with your friends ;0) LOL (no I'm not hinting for myself)

Laurie, that clematis is very pretty!

Gil, You don't have to use Roundup on the margarites....they pull easy. I have them too. I keep them, because the bees and butterflys love them. I try to deadhead, but still miss some....so have to pull a few.

Sierra

Sharon, I'd love a piece of horseradish root next spring. And I promise that it won't get ground up to go with roast beef either!LOL

The Japanese Lilac Tree has been attracting quite a few butterflies.

Prickly Pear Cactus flowers are amazingly beautiful in spite of it's rugged exterior.
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