The 15th of every month is officially “Garden Blogger Bloom Day” thanks to Carol at May Dream Gardens. This is the day that Garden Bloggers everywhere photograph and post what is blooming in their garden at the moment.
Here is what I found in my own garden this morning…(Double click on any of the photos to see a larger view)
This is a side-view of my front yard garden:
I use different colored lobelia along the walkway with lemon thyme and snowdrop daisies. Under the window, I have ‘Indigo Spires’ Sage that is about to come into full bloom. It is a great bee attractor. Next to the sage I have Bishop’s Flower (white lace flower), penstemon and celery (I tuck those veggies in everywhere!).
In the backyard, the poppies are blooming!!!
Beneath the poppy is perennial basil and lemon balm.
In the flower garden section, I have borage blooming (Mr. Bee found it this morning). I use the flowers in ice cubes and as garnishes. They hold their color well when sugared too.
And my kids planted a “Pollinator Garden” this year. One of their favorite flowers is the honeywort. The hummingbirds love this plant and it looks so unusual in the garden.
In our vegetable/herb garden we have corn!!
And lots of squash.
Along this back wall we are trying something new. It is called Italian Heirloom Summer Squash “Trombetta”. It is supposed to have a delicate, artichoke-like flavor. Can’t wait! I will let you know how it turns out. I bought the seeds from Renee’s Garden Seeds.
In front of the squash we have yellow, orange, purple, white, red and green bell peppers and along the front edge are different kinds of onions. Yum!
And last, but not least, some of my dahlias are blooming….Ahhhh!
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Theresa Loe blogs here about taking the garden full circle while striving for a more local, fresh-from-the-garden lifestyle. She is a TV producer, video host, freelance garden writer and a wrangler of chickens and children. (Not necessarily in that order.) For more information on these topics, you can subscribe to her free monthly newsletter.
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I’m very interested in the progress of the Trombetta, since I love 1) summer squashes, 2) the flavor of artichokes, and 3) heirloom veggies. :>
The honeywort is such a cool plant!
Those Poppies are gorgeous, especially the lavender one. I like your honeywort too. It has such an unusually shaped flower head.
Teresa- I should be picking my first Trombetta this week. I will let you know how it is!
Mr. McGregor’s Daughter- Thanks. The honeywort is very cool looking and it is super easy to grow. This year, I grew some from seed. It takes no care at all and yet flowers with these long blue/purple flowers that hang upside down. Everyone asks what it is!
The fringed lavender poppies are most beautiful. I have always admired poppies and grew Shirley poppies once. I think I’m allergic to them.
Very nice. I like how the purple blooms of the basil echo the poppies. Happy Bloom Day.~~Dee
MNGarden-
Oh NO! What a bummer to be allergic to the poppies. I’m glad you could enjoy my poppy photos with no allergic reactions!
Dee-
Howdy! Glad you could stop by. Happy bloom day back at ya. Your bloom day photos are lovely on your blog!
Mmm, can’t wait for your judgment on the squash!
amazing, fringed lavender poppies, love the borage and the honeywort, well, i seem to love the whole post!
Cindy-
Thank you so much. I’m really glad you enjoyed the post. Those lavender poppies are my best show-stoppers so far this season.
That honeywort is intriguing. I’d never even heard of it before!
Rosemary,
Although I had read about honeywort many times in herb books, I really had no idea how beautiful it was until I saw it blooming at Annie’s Annuals in Northern California. Then I was hooked!
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