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The Garden in June

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By the end of May, the creeping phlox has almost stopped blooming but the soapwort is in full bloom.

Most unexpectedly, our small white Pulsatilla, planted in early May 2006, tossed out one final bloom a month later!

Solomon's Seal is also in full bloom.

A new variety of campanula added in 2006 - Campanula Glomerata. We also have blue and pink varieties of C. Persicifolia.

The first Trollius to bloom. We also have an orange variety.

In our garden are many hostas, propagated by dividing a half-dozen original plants.

The hostas form an attractive border around much of the perimeter beds.

The shoots emerge in early May and, within a month, develop to the stage you see in these images.

We have lost count of the many root divisions we have made to share our hostas with friends.

A blue hosta which is a special favourite of many of our visitors.

Hosta lancifolia, an uncommon variety. A group of them encircle the trunk of our flowering crab-apple tree.

In the darkest corner of our garden, we have planted four ferns.

The oldest tall bearded iris in our garden. When I was a boy, every farmhouse and many urban homes had large clumps of this ancient variety.

An old variety it may be, but it's still lovely.

The second tall bearded iris to bloom is this lovely pale yellow variety.

...perhaps my favourite iris.

...though this is certainly lovely.

A most unusual colour combination!

Sue's favourite iris in our garden

The only poppy to ever have survived a winter in my garden!

Syringia prestonii - the Prestn hybrid lilacs come in a range of pinks and mauves. Developed at the Central Experimental Farm here in Ottawa, they bloom three weeks later than s. vulgaris next door.

The earliest hemerocallis in my garden

Our white Aquilegia

The last of our pink Aquilegia

Pots by the pool - purple "wave" petunias, white nicotiana and draecena

The first rose of summer

My water garden! In the first week, the Water Hyacinth DOUBLED in size.

One of four pots of "Pastel" pansies

A genuine somethingorother.

One of the new "carpet" roses. This is one of half a dozen sprays of bloom on a plant about 30cm high and perhaps 60cm in diameter.

Rugosa rose. They are the only ones that are reliably hardy in our garden, other than our one carpet rose.

The peonies start to bloom in the first week of June. In 2006, they were early and the buds were huge.

Lamium No.1. Sue is creating a bed of purple, white and yellow lamium to cover a corner of our front garden. The yellow is quite a different variety from the others and blooms much earlier (and I did not take a picture of it this year!). I will add it next May.

Golden Marquerites

Lychnis Chalcedonia

Hibiscus. Not really a garden flower but our tree-form hibiscus stands just inside the door leading to the garden, which is close enough for government work! This photo could have been taken any month in the year, as it blooms continuously.

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