Maz - OH - I forgot that! I didn't remember you were in zone 3a. That does limit your choices. Have you visited the Rose forum? I know there are a couple of gardeners there who are growing roses in the colder zones. Sheila something? and maybe Rosecanadian? I'm not positive, but even posting a thread about best roses for zone 3 might bring these growers into a discussion.

@mazerolm_3a I'm pretty sure that the Canadian Explorer and Artist series of roses are cold tolerant to zone 3.

Arabella clematis:

My hardy rhododendron Rosy Lights is blooming for the first time since I bought it, 4 years ago:

rouge to say that your edging of Little Treasure worked out well would be beyond an under statement. Everything looks great! Every plant you post is drool worthy.

GardenHo just lovely. So happy to see you posting, I was ready to send out a search party. That Dappled Willow is wonderful.

Very nice mxk. Some plants do seem earlier or later than usual this year.

prairiemoon everything looks wonderful but I am swooning over Julia Child.

Heruga you were very successful with your Campanula and they do look good. I just hope you are able to keep them under control. Be sure to deadhead because it is not only the runners that are a problem. I am still battling them.

Mazerolm just wonderful. Good things come to those of us who have to wait.

Just gorgeous everyone!

Amsonia hubrichtii

Baptisia australis. Looks like we have the same one mxk.

Centaurea montana

Dictamnus

Geranium Splish Splash

Gypsophila repens

Iris Victoria Falls

A few more.

Iris s. Butter and Sugar. Sorry about the weeds. I am redoing the area surrounding these.

Iris s. Painted Woman just planted last year. I really need to mulch.

Iris s. Pink Parfait

Iris s. Roanokes Choice

I know not everyone appreciates screaming orange Papaver but I do.

Polemonium & Lupines

Lupines fuller in June for you prairiemoon.

Peren.all, Julia is just starting and was unphased by 2 inches of rain we had. Best it’s looked of any season I’ve had it. A rose anyone can grow with a good amount of sun. It has a lot of bud groupings that will extend the bloom time and will also get a second flush later on.

'New Dawn' is just starting...

That is one huge Baptisia you have there - it’s gorgeous! I have one in afternoon sun only and it’s spindly in comparison. I am in love with your Dictamnus! I’ve always wanted to grow that and I guess I just don’t see it offered very often.

Look at all those Lupine! Wonderful! Now will those reseed for you and do the original plants come back too? They make a nice combination with the variegated Hosta. Thanks for the extra photo!

We only have a few small roses here but those Julia Child ones are tempting! (especially since we all like to cook and have some of her old cookbooks that DH's mother bought many years ago....!)

June is peony month here but things are late and just getting started in bloom now so no pictures of those yet.

We're still a lot focused on the backyard and changes relating to the removal of the ash tree. For the first time ever I found a tomato 'weed' seedling in a bed near the patio :-) I assume it was from the cherry tomatoes grown in pots on the driveway in the front garden last year. I assume its presence in the backyard says something about more light there now :-) The next small project that will affect things growing in the beds there is to remove some branches in the bottom 20' or so of the white pine tree. The lowest branches started drooping a year or so ago and are affecting tallish shrubs and perennials under them. I'm waiting to hear back from the tree people who took down the ash to see how much it will cost to remove the lower pine branches.

In the pictures I had posted when the back lawn was being re-sodded, the fringetree on the patio was looking a bit dead. It is now in full leaf and bloom. It is one of my favorite trees! It is blooming with the neighbour's beautiful dogwood and our 'Milky Way' dogwood flowers are just starting to show signs of blooming.

The north alley is looking much as it usually does at this time of years, although the clematises on the fence are way behind in growth this year! The white corydalis that Rouge mentioned is in peak bloom on the house side.

June has so many things growing on in the garden that it is hard to keep up! I love June!

Some pictures:

The fringetree and and some other stuff visible from the back porch (you can see the branches that need removing from the white pine on the west side of the lawn):

The north alley:

Julia Child is the one rose that I can recommend to anyone without reservation.

Ditto!

June is my favorite month too. Woody I am a little disoriented looking at your photos of your yard. I'm thinking maybe it's the loss of the Ash? And you used to have a hanging chain that you trained roses or clematis on, in one of your side yards? Then there was a special gate? Love the white Corydalis!

prairiemoon the original Lupines come back plus they reseed. I invariably miss cutting back some of the seed pods that get hidden by other foliage. I enjoy them so much!

woody I agree that white Corydalis is lovely. My Astilboides is very happy with all this rain we have been having. The row you have is very handsome.

Dutch Iris with interesting colors

Self-sowed Jupiter's Beard and foxgloves in my yard have been out of control. Beautiful though.

sounds like Corydalis is something I need too

I thought of you@prairiemoon2 z6b MA when I snapped this picture yesterday,

@peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada: your lupines are just fantastic!!

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a): I love how you have paired your hostas with other plants, it looks so striking and refreshing!

@Feiy (PNWZ8b/9a): love your Jupiter’s Beard!

prairiemoon - yeah, the removal of the ash tree has certainly taken away a reference point for the garden! And, as hot weather approaches, it’s going to be interesting to see what effect the absence of the shade it provided for the house will have on cooling costs and our use of the back porch in the afternoon and evening! The fringetree is big enough now that it should help a bit at blocking the sun from the west so we still get some shade on the porch in the afternoon. Maybe…..

We did used to have a swag chain in the south alley when we had a New Dawn rose there growing with clematises on the south gate arbour. The rose was beautiful - but those thorns were dangerous! We dug our the rose and took down the swag years ago now. We also took out shrubs and some very vigorous clematises there. It’s mostly low growing stuff there now and we’re still waiting for one clematis to recover from a move and grow up to cover the gate arbour. It is sure taking a long time to do so! When our 90+ year-old neighbour on that side eventually dies, we expect the house will be knocked down and replaced by somenthing big so the conditions in the south alley may change dramatically soon so we’re not doing much in that area until we see what happens next door.

peren.all - we haven’t had a lot if rain - we’re actually 3” short of our average spring rainfall! But, those astilboides grow near where a downspout from the roof delivers water to them :-) It’s also been cooler than usual so that seems to have helped compensate for less rain.

I really like the white corydalis too and we have it in various places in the back yard. it goes well with the green-and-white theme there :-) The neighbour to the north has some of the yellow type that sometimes appears in our north alley. i rip out any I see as it would overwhelm the white stuff we have.

Peren.all - I wonder if other nursery owners enjoy their garden as much as you do!! I think you do a great job.

Woody, that's what I am dealing with right now, the plans of neighbors. We have one neighbor whose property is visible from the back of our house through a post and rail fence and in Sept they are planning to put a large addition extending into the area we view. There is a mature Maple in that corner but the borrowed view of their grassy lawn and trees will not be what we are looking at any more along some of that lot line. That is pretty much all shade with a little morning sun, so not as easy to add material that will quickly grow as a screen.

Another neighbor seems to be getting their house ready for sale, and they are empty nesters, and so many houses in our neighborhood have been knocked down and large houses built that we think it's prudent to start planning for that eventuality. All the screen we have now on that lot line, is in their yard and could be removed. So, I'm planning to put a hedgerow along that lot line instead of the perennials and shrubs I have there now. Not tall enough.

Rouge, I do love that photo with the Hosta and Corydalis!

Loving all the colors here, I agree June is probably favorite month with all the flowers. Here is my dracocephalum argunense. Some of you may recognize I post this plant every year in rouges monthly thread but this time it’s my first seed grown, first flowering dracocephalum(Grew and planted last year). Ever since I randomly came across this plant in diggingdog nursery and ordered it in 2017, I fell in love with it and I strongly decided I would grow these from seed one day. I failed for 3 years but this time I finally got it to grow!

Love the white Corydalis!

Every time I see this clump of our white corydalis....

I think of esteemed member @woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada as it was she who gifted it to me...probably 5 years or so ago!

Heruga I am a fan of Dracocephalum a. as well. Great job on growing them from seed! I liked my D. a. Fuji Blue so much I got Fuji White.

Thanks peren.all. I’ve never seen a white version before, I imagine it looks as impressive as the blue. I may collect more seed this year and see if a white flowered one comes up in one of them!

Here is my dracocephalum argunense.

@Heruga (7a NJ) you have me intrigued as I don't believe I know this plant and it looks like it could be a worthwhile addition to our garden as I like the blue flowers and its compact size.

Can you tell me a bit more about it? How large does it get? How hardy do you think it is? When does it begin to bloom and how long is it in flower?

@peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada have you seen this plant at ON nurseries?

These are lovely underused plants probably because it’s not the most available. They can get surprisingly large even though websites state 1.5 ft as mature height. They are already 2 ft wide at just 1 year old so imagine how big it would get in decades as this is supposedly a very long lived perennial. You can’t divide these either as they grow from a single crown so I would give them free space to grow forever. I always had this plant listed as hardy to zone 4b in my excel spreadsheet so they will definitley grow in your zone. It starts budding in May and peaks in June and stays blooming into July(somewhat sporadically) That is my experience with my previous dracocephalums I bought from the nursery but I will monitor what my seed grown ones do. Overall a great addition to any garden but does not possess the ’flowering all summer-long’ trait. Deadheading may promote additional blooms but I left them so seeds can mature so I can harvest them.

Thanks lots @Heruga (7a NJ) for such a detailed reply.

Itea virginica - just opening and a very nice honey scent.

Penstemon 'Dark Towers' with 'Blue Hills' Salvia, just finished up blooming...

Blueberries

Epimedium with Hellebores

Hellebore still blooming...

Clematis in its second year. Not sure of the cultivar, I think some fancy female name. Doing better than I hoped!

Allium moly

Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

Dictamnus

Missed getting a pic of Geranium 'Max Frei' at its peak but it will bloom sporadically all season.

iris s. 'Contrast in Styles'

Iris s. 'Ruffled Velvet'

penstemon glaber

Rodgersia pinnata 'Elegans'

Peony 'Duchesse de Nemours' weighted down with heavy wind & rain.

Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's Slipper.

Lots of roses blooming this month.

Pomponella

St Swithun

Dee-lishlush

Shirley poppies

Tall bearded iris planted last year, blooming for the first time:

Dr Who

Lovers Holiday

Celebration Song

Straight Laced

Seize the Day

Art Deco

Gorgeous photos! Peren.all, you have SO many gorgeous plants! I hope you enjoyed your Peonies and had enough to bring in for a bouquet. Quite a collection of Iris you have. And the Lady Slippers are to die for!!

Cab, it's great to see the roses in June! Very nice varieties all looking very happy.

Maz, I love bearded Iris and have only one at this point. Such pretty colorful varieties you have. And so exciting to see them bloom for the first time.

LClark - Your clematis is just about right for first year. Just imagine what it will look like in it's 3rd season!

Beautiful pics here. I miss some of these up north plants that don't grow where I am now.

Wow, Mazerolm, those Iris are especially grand!!

A mostly shady spot with Begonias, Coleus, purple heart (Tradescantia pallida,) and Geraniums (Pelargoniums.)

Crossandra

angel trumpets (Brugmansia)

blue daze (Evolvulus)

Gladiolus.

Vina (Catharanthus)

Woody - love your north alley, especially the astilboides! Have you ever tried growing it from seed? I have a reasonably-sized clump, but would like to have a backup. It has quite a few flower stalks this year, so I thought I might see if I get any viable seeds and give it a try.

Here’s my filipendula multijuga ’Red umbrellas’-I just wished the flower stems would stay more compact and not flop over too much from the rain.

And then there’s my petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus at it’s fullest by my pond. This subsp. is native to northern Japan in the prefecture of Akita, where my grandmother grew up and she adored this plant so this particular plant has a special place in my heart. It’s very delicious too, both flowers and stems!

Huge, beautiful leaves. wow wow

Dusky Challenger iris

A favourite of mine (so liked that we 8 plants out and about :))

What is the one with the pretty red/yellow blooms, Rogue?

Hi @Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL, it is Spigelia marilandica.

See here for more details:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1637801/why-doesn-t-every-nursery-in-the-country-sell#24227308

Julia Child is the one rose that I can recommend to anyone without reservation. I've had the same plant for at least 8 years and it is vigorous and reliable.

@prairiemoon2 z6b MA here is one of ours today:

Thank you, Rogue! I've never heard of that.

Desert rose (Adenium) is blooming, but it's not a ground plant. It's in a pot helping to hold down some cardboard until I can find some organic matter to cover it. Weeds got away from me in this spot. It might not be pretty but I refuse to let them have the spot.

Rouge, looks great! How long has it been planted there?

Here are some of my relatively new clematis plants.

Niobe in a pot

Arabella with rose , Wise Portia

Etoile Violette with Prince Charles

Arctic Queen

Such pretty pastels!

@erasmus_gw: your clematis and rose are beautiful!!

Just in the nick of time (June is almost over), here is my Duchess of Albany clematis.

Painter's Pallette:

Red Lion Amaryllis:

Such beautiful plants and beautiful pictures everyone! Just lovely. And no matter how many times I open this thread that Liberty hosta at the very beginning takes my breath away! Thank you all for sharing your gardens!

:)

Dee

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) I love Painter's Palette (and most persicarias) and yours looks beautiful! Mine is mostly mingling through my garden, but it seems I can never get enough. I have some rooting right now and haven't gotten around to moving seedlings yet.

Maypops are blooming (Passiflora incarnata)

And crape myrtle trees are blooming everywhere. So pretty when they haven't been pollarded.

Our Rooguchi today: