The month of May in our Gardens.

Here is a chance to show off for the month of May!

Flowering Almond

The last Pasque flower.

Flowering Quince

Being the "lazy one" - link to my flowers I took today...

http://beckysobsession.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!A69017F0E201089C!1858/

BTW that rose in the other thread, Beck...WOWZERS!!!!

wow bec....... that rose looks like its sugar coated... beautiful

LOL - it did turn out pretty cool :-) actually it is "old fashioned stock" :-)


Added - not a rose at all "Scented Stock" I meant to say :-)

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I didn't know roses were ever diamond dusted like that. Wowza is right.

Chris, that pasque flower is really pretty. Are they hard to grow?

That rose is impressive, looks like is is one of those sugared flowers they use to decorate cakes.
Hart, I bought the pasque flowers from Bluestone a few years ago, they get bigger and have more flowers every year, I guess they are not that hard to grow if they are in the right spot, good drainage seems to be important. I have not found any volunteers but I guess they will self sow.
I'd like to get the red one too.

I agree, Wowza is the word! What is the name of that beauty?
I went out with my camera this morning, and here are some of my babies.
This is a tree peony, Shimanishiki, the color is stunning

And a hosta fully emerged. This is High Society

My favorite this time of year: Fairy Wings.
This is Epimedium wushanense

Another Epimedium Frohnieten, with a little bluebell for company

My first Aquilegia opened today! One of the hybrids, I think.

Key - need to clear up confusion - it is not a rose at all - it is "old fashioned evening stock" - I took the photo on macro setting and it just looks like a rose :) Now, if you can only imagine the fragrance - it is heavenly

Beautiful Photos! Mine will not be anywhere near the quality of everyone else's but here it goes:

Taken early this AM, White Iris (anyone have an ID?):



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Allium beginning to open

Bignonia Capreolata ("crossvine")

Bleeding Heart & Columbine

early Clematis

another Clematis, as it is opening

Dianthus 'Fringed Rainbow Loveliness' - I love this plant, smells great, looks groovy ...

Mazus

Pink Columbine

I love this plant, but don't know what it is. Please, some help?

Solved: Bletilla striata aka "Chinese Ground Orchid"

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Purple Iris & pink Creeping Phlox. Can someone ID that Iris for me? It was a freebie from a neighbor...

The purple violas are still going strong.

Lily of the Valley

ID please? Is this a type of daisy?

Wrightie and Bec!

GREAT pictures!!!! You sure know how to use the macro setting!!!!

Seems you are a ways ahead of me--and you all only an hour's drive South!!!!

Most of my seedlings arew still in the flats ans cell packs. I WILL get there! I promise!

The weather has still been "iffy"--so i have not rushed to plant too many things yet.

In Gardening---patience is a HUGE virtue!!!!!

Gita

Wrightie - coild the last pix be a coreopsis?

it sure looks like a coreopsis.......... single flower

Well, I do have a couple different coreopsis, but they are no where near flowering yet and they look quite different from this guy ... so, methinks that it would have to be a type of coreopsis that I'm not aware of(?).

Another day, another chance to see new babies blooming!
My first Clematis bloom, Claire du lune!

And a close up of her pretty face

My woods are loaded with wild mayapples (Podophylum) and they are just flowering

The tree peony has opened a little more, but is far from being totally opened!

This arch is covered with climbing pink and white roses and topped with gorgeous Clematis montana rubens, which are wonderfully frangrant

A little close up of montana

I just planted Edelweiss (Sound of Music!) a week ago and one is getting a bloom! I've never seen it for sale before and grabbed up a dozen