Serendib Garden

Two different amsonias. One of them is probably the native, Eastern Bluestar, and the other is a nativar or cultivar? But I’m not sure.

Parkway in May, somewhat overgrown. 🙂 More weeding soon. Front to back right now, what’s blooming? May Night salvia, amsonia just starting (will have very cool steely-blue tiny flowers, native), alliums, planter with pansies and a hellebore that I need to transplant into the soil, rose leafing out nicely, irises just starting to bloom, baptisia

Sicilian honey garlic. I think of this as fairy bells, though that’s not an official name for it, but you really only can appreciate it properly if you’re fairy-sized and sitting on the ground beneath it. 🙂

Clematis Etoille Violette, I think.

We’re moving into the time of the garden when there are a lot of different flowers blooming at once. I decided to try being mildly scientific about figuring out which ones dry well, so I went around and collected two of each (or just one, if it didn’t have two to spare), with the plan

Collecting.

Native wild hyacinth. Have one, want more. Would be splendid en masse.

Anemone.

Grades are in, two hours before the deadline. My students did quite well this semester — I’m not sure if I’m becoming an easier grader as I get older, or if I’m working harder to help them earn those better grades. Maybe some of both. It’d be hard to figure out — I think I’d