Saturday, June 13, 2009

Blooming blooms

I wish pictures and internet could transmit scent—this variety of daphne is the sweetest:



and dianthus (dianthi?) are no slouches in the pretty-smell department:


On the right you can see one of my garden markers—gel pen on river rock.

flowers of the day

I'm feeling a bit cranky about politics and such... thought I'd restart some blogging time with FLOWERS

The lilacs were, as usual in New Hampshire, lovely this spring. I caught our Pocahontas just before the main bloom:


I planted a new columbine variety; here it is in almost-bloom:



and full blown: