May Blooms

Our garden is a little haven of joy and beauty and pollination right now. I posted a week or two ago pictures of the current garden blooms. This week, we’ve got a whole new array of blooms to celebrate. That orange beauty (above) is a somewhat unusual type of butterfly bush. We planted 3 different types of butterfly bush in the garden last year in the hopes of attracting more pollinators (the other two are later bloomers, so I’ll share pictures of those when they come into bloom). And guess what? The bees and hummingbirds already love it. Another popular feeding spot for the hummingbirds and bees is this fuschia. Every spring/summer, Eric and I treat ourselves to a gorgeous hanging fuschia for the front porch. We have two hanging fuschia elsewhere that actually wintered over really well last year and I’m hoping to winter over this new one we got, too.

Don’t those blooms make you happy just looking at them? Even fallen on the sidewalk they’re beautiful.

And they are still beautiful, wilting and dying after they’ve fallen.

There are also a few different roses in bloom right now. This one:

And this one comes from the same plant:

 

And then this different variety is practically glowing, it’s such a bright pink!

I’m afraid I kind of missed the peak of these allium for the photo, but they’re still pretty.

And here’s the butterfly bush, along with an azalea and calla lilies in the background. The callas are pretty stunning — they just keep multiplying every year.

The irises sure are nice this year, too.

And then, finally, this one is a California wild lilac, a plant I had never seen until I moved out here to Seattle. One of my favorites.

That’s it for now! Just a little glimpse into this week’s garden. Hope everyone is having a good week!