Monday, May 23, 2011

Happy Blossoms

All this talk about vegetables and food production is grand, but my first love in gardening is the perennials. I poked around a little bit the other day, and snapped some pretty blossoms. 

I can't wait for this big iris to bloom.
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of an iris bud prepared to pop in a midwest garden



























And this one I've had for years, it moved with me. These are blooming in a clump that I did not thin last summer. The ones I thinned are much smaller. They need some time to bulk up.
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of an iris in a midwest garden




















First Clematis!
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of an clematis in a midwest garden




















Bachelor Button or corn flower. The tight buds remind me of pineapples. This self seeds, um aggressively.
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of clematis in a midwest garden





















Columbine and Shasta Daisy.
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of columbine in a midwest garden

gastronomic gardener This is a picture of shasta daisy in a midwest garden





















And finally the Spring Star Flower. A late spring bulb that is beautiful.
gastronomic gardener This is a picture of spring star flower in a midwest garden




















Until next time, Keep Digging & Eat Well!

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7 comments:

  1. So pretty! My bachelor buttons are 3' high, ugly and scraggly. I'm going to pick the few blossoms and then rip them out and plant....I don't know, beets maybe. Or a bush cucumber. My daughter has a lovely peach colored iris that I covet. Every year she says she's going to divide them and give me some starts. I hope she realizes I'm getting older.

    I think I need to plant more bulbs next fall, and dig and relocate all of my daffodils. So much to do, so little time....before we know it, I'll be heading back to AZ and telling my WA garden goodbye!

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  2. I hear what you say, but I reckon that to be REALLY good, a plant has to be edible! If it looks pretty too, that's a bonus. :)

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  3. Granny, Who watches over the garden while you are in AZ?

    Mark, I reckon there is enough of each to go around!

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  4. The garden isn't used from mid-October to mid-March. In the past I've had a winter garden in AZ, but I'm not planning on being there long enough this year to bother with it. I try to get the WA garden all cleaned up before I leave, but sometimes it doesn't get done...like this past winter. I had a real mess to clean up when I got home! I think we'll wait until after Thanksgiving to go south this year, so hopefully I can get my garden put to bed properly.

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  5. So gorgeous, David! My Star of Bethlehem bulbs are blooming now, too. Funny thing though, the foliage is very yellowed, likely from all the rain.

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