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Early June image dump

Late-spring/early summer has been whizzing by. Life’s been busy and haven’t had a chance to take many pix. And I’ve been slow to get them onto the blog. Here are some random shots to get caught up.

I notice that I’m shooting a lot of ’tilted’ shots. (The house in the background is the biggest giveaway.) Not sure why. I don’t think I’m doing it on purpose. I guess I just don’t feel obligated to level the camera any more.

Lupines and bunching onions in the veggie garden. (No I don’t eat the lupines. They’re joost for pretty.)

South bed, morning light.

Variegated Solomon’s seal, evening light.

Water lilly, Secret Garden outside Plant Sciences

Veronica ‘Royal Candles’, artemisia, verbascum.

Euphorbia griffithii â€˜Fireglowâ€™

Fast becoming one of my favorites as it spreads politely (so far). And I don’t like orange. As with Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum (pix coming later this week), it’s the range of colors in a single plant that amazes.

The usual moving closer series …

Iris season

Secret Garden outside Plant ScienceBuilding:

Minns Garden outside Plant Science Building:

In my whiskey barrel water garden:

Same in the morning dew:

Contest: ID this

Well, it’s not the kind of contest where I give away valuable swag that the ‘marketing department’ sent me to get a free plug. (That’s because the marketing department never sends me anything.) But if the first person to ID what’s pictured below wants, I’ll propagate any plant here that I can and send it to them.

For a sense of scale, most of these are BB-sized, but the big one is about 1/2 inch in diameter. Click on image for a larger view.

Comments: Garden cliches

I do tend to comment here and there throughout the garden blogosphere. I think that when I have something worth commenting on, I’ll start posting them here, as well. This is the first.

Amy Stewart in a post at GardenRant says she doesn’t like the false choice posed by the cliche, “”Who says organic gardens can’t be beautiful?”‘

My comment:

My least favorite in catalogs and plant databases: ‘Prefers consistently moist, well-drained soil.’ Well I prefer ice cream.

The ~~corollary~~ implication is that you should create consistently moist, well-drained soil at a great cost of sweat and treasure instead of finding plants that will thrive in the soil you’ve got.