Serendib Garden

Dianthus, foxglove, peonies, clover, alliums, nepeta, mandevilla, gomphrena, pansies, lamium.

So many flowers. 🙂 Alliums, nepeta, mandevilla, gomphrena, pansies, lamium.

Allium schubertii, amsonia, salvia.

I love how starry this combo is. 🙂 Eastern bluestar / amsonia (native or native cultivar, not sure) with allium schubertii.

They only overlap in my garden for a few days, but pink peonies and native dark purple spiderwort are a popping combination.

John Cabot rose — this is a hardy Canadian rose, and even though it does reach for the sun, most of its blooms are under the shade of the redbud tree. Despite the limited sun, this is the first rose to bloom in my garden, and generally blooms profusely. Very thorny — recommend elbow-length leather

Peonies are generous enough that I can leave some in the garden for the neighbors to enjoy, collect some for drying for art, have some for distributing in vases, and could even collect some petals for making peony jelly — which may or may not happen this week. But it could. 🙂 We’ll see if

Martagon lily / Turk’s cap lily. Generally 2-4′ tall, hardy perennial, plant and forget it, blooms happily in part-shade. Love them.

White peonies, pink foxglove, blue nepeta / catmint “Walker’s Low”.

Thyme garden in blue pot, iris “Before the Storm,” and native amsonia / Eastern blue star. Might be a cultivar, can’t remember. If so, possibly “String Theory.”