Our Garden in June

 Our May Garden can be viewed here.

Our June Garden

In June Tulips and Hyacinths give way to Daylillies, Coneflowers, Penstemon and Pot of Gold.

Penstemon

Peonies

White 

And Pink

Giant Alium & Irises

Giant Alium

Iris

Oriental Poppies & Coral Bells

Coral Bells

Columbines

Snapdragons & Pansies

Snapdragons in beautiful colors

Buttercups

These beautiful yellow Buttercups announce that summer is here!

I look forward to sharing our July garden with you real soon!
Until then,
Cheers Everyone!

Our Garden in May

Our Bulb Garden

The cold temperatures this winter were conducive to a very attractive bulb garden in May. 

A fiesta of tulips in a rainbow of colors

Our neighbors across the street compliment us every year, but this year the tulips put on a spectacular show for us.  

Hyacinths, Daffodils & Crown Imperials
Oh My!

Interspersed between the tulips and daffodils are English bluebells that are replaced by grape hyacinths.

Highlights of Our May Garden

Orange Crown Imperials on the left
gifted to us by our daughter-in-law

Daffodils on the right

Grape Hyacinths in the foreground

Tulips, of course!

Tulips in delectable colors

Winter Aconite

A close-up of Winter Aconite

I look forward to sharing our June garden with you real soon!
Until then,
Cheers Everyone!

Welcome to Our Garden!

From a Breck's Mailing

Our gardening journal was previously confined to a single page embedded in another blog, but I finally decided that this hobby deserved its very own blog! So welcome to our garden!

First of all, let me point you to previous posts where you will find chit chat from prior years.  This year, the plan is to provide a glimpse of our flower beds as they grow and mature from month to month. Gardening in Michigan's Lower Peninsula is a very seasonal affair spanning, at most, 7 months out of the year. Here, in the mid-West, Spring is a very exciting time of year for us because of the loooong and cold winters.

When this hobby first surfaced, Hubby and I would shop for annuals to fill our flowerbeds.  Over the years we got wise and began spending the money on perennials that would provide color throughout the year and would keep on giving with renewed strength from one year to the next! That goal has finally been accomplished because annuals are now restricted to container gardening on the front and back porches.

Without further ado, let me introduce you to our garden in

May 
June 
July - coming soon

Cheers, everyone, and enjoy the tour of our garden!