It's May, it's the 15th of the month, and it is spring/summer in my zone 5b garden in the Southern Tier of New York State.
Friday we reached 86F (30C) and yesterday we got up to 83F (28.3C) before things clouded over. It's been warm and very dry, and a lot of my spring bulbs gave up blooming for the year, along with my cherry tree. Today it is near 80 and we may get strong storms later today. The rain is welcome. The "strong storms" part (chance of tornadoes) isn't.
It was a bit disappointed because I had a number of spring flowers to show you, and they are gone. But, nevertheless, there are a lot of blooms at my house - finally! Winter is truly over. As usual, the variety names are lost to me because I don't keep good records.
I only have a couple of these late pink and white tulips.
Ditto for these white tulips.
Only a few late daffodils left. These grow several flowers on a stem and have a scent.
Last of my late yellow - this may not last the day and is so faded you can barely see the yellow.
These are what the blooms on my wild cherry tree looked like on the 11th, alas.
The lilacs have come out.
White (we share this with our next door neighbor; part of it is on their side and part on ours).
Darker purple. This came with the house, so it is over 30 years old.
In our shady back yard, a wood poppy purchased several years ago from Monticello (President Thomas Jefferson's home).
Pink bleeding heart. I don't think it's happy where it is and we may have to fix that.
Variegated Solomon's Seal.
And that's it for today, although I have lots more, because I have to go now. If this wasn't enough, why not go to the site of the woman who lovingly provides this monthly 15th of the month meme, Carol at May Dreams Gardens, and check out her blog and other blogs linking to GBBD today?
See you next time!
...the first tulip is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThe pale lilac is so pretty. I enjoy seeing shade garden plants. My shade is not plantable, it's under cedars and the roots are near the surface, besides the needle debris isn't welcoming to a lot of plants. You sure warmed up quickly! Warmer than I am by a lot!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear you've been losing blooms, but at least you still have plenty to show.
ReplyDeleteThe weather does indeed sometimes play havoc with our gardens, doesn't it? Nevertheless, yours is looking quite beautiful. It's hard to pick a favorite but I do love those cherry blossoms and the lilacs. I'm envious because I can't grow lilacs here.
ReplyDeleteLots of pretty blooms!
ReplyDeleteHappy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Dry nice photos today
ReplyDeleteVery nice photos today
ReplyDeleteAll of them are so pretty. But the tulips are beyond lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning garden you have out there, Alana. Floored by the tulips, daffodils, bleeding hearts. We have the red one here.
ReplyDeleteYou must have a truly green thumb, I assume.
Currently we have periwinkles, gardenias, frangipanis, and portulca, blue pea flower blooming in this scorching Indian summer on our 15th floor. I marvel their resilience.
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All very nice, Alana! I believe that first tulip may be 'Shirley'. It's a beauty! I still have some late daffodils that look good. The scents of some of the jonquil types can be really sweet!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great garden! My flowers seem confused by the weather. A few roses and iris bloomed far too early, and most haven't even budded. Tomorrow we'll see what rain brought out, and what the Professional Bad Neighbor has killed...
ReplyDeleteMost of the trees in the orchard are dead, except a few blueberry bushes the deer have forced to sprout up too tall for humans to harvest...but the Fabulous Feral Elberta Peach Tree is, once again, in danger of collapsing under its load of miniature Elberta peaches.