Perennials of 2016

My garden is full of perennials, both old and newish. Perennials are the backbone of every yard- no need to plant, just wait for them to do their magic.

JUNE

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. ~Bern Williams

Alluim 

Yellow iris, start from Stan's grandma's garden.

Bi-color Iris

Siberian Iris, start from my mother-in-law's garden.

Poppies

My favorites: Peonies in pale pink,

medium pink,

deep pink,

and white.

Bleeding Heart, Makayla's favorite.

Lupine in white

and red.

Clematis in fancy purple,

slightly less fancy purple,

deep purple,

and Jackmani, the first clematis I ever planted, 35 years ago.

Another purple, pictured sideways. I like other colors too, but my purple varieties bloom in June.

Sweet Pea

Raspberry canes.

Snow on the Mountain

Columbine

 Daylily in orange

lemon yellow,

orange-y pink

yellow

speckled pink,

deep red,

dark orange red.

White Hydrangea,

Pink Hydrangea, just starting to bloom.

 Sweet William

 Pink Hydrangea/Yellow Lily

 Foxtail

 July

 "The Summer looks out from her brazen tower,

Through the flashing bars of July."

-  Francis Thompson

Red Bee Balm/Yellow Throated Lily

 Shasta Daisy

Clematis

White and Purple Phlox

Not a perennial, but we had a bumper crop of Swallowtail Butterflies this year. They love the (annual) Zinnias.

Pink Daylily

Pale Orange Daylily

Pinkish Purple Daylily

Deep Purple Daylily

Purple Throated Daylily

August

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker

Pink phlox

Pale Pink/Purple Phlox

Cosmos

Early Chrysanthemum 

September

The sun tires of summer and sighs itself into autumn. ~Terri Guillemets

Orange Chrysanthemum 

Lupine re-bloom.  It's never re-bloomed before.

Purple Edged Chrysanthemum 

 Sedum

October

"Just before the death of flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season
When nature is all aglow."
-   Author Unknown

Purple Chrysanthemum 

White Chrysanthemum

 Annuals, October 10, 2016

Annuals, October 11, 2016