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This series is lovely. I missed Spring last year as we were in Lockdown in Melbourne and severely restricted in movement.
Thank you, Vicki. Missing Spring is an agony. I hope this coming year it is better.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed Spring 2021 is going to be free and easy.
Such lovely captures Eliza 🐝🙏🐝
Thank you, Val. I love the garden in June 🙂
Your images are sublime, Eliza. Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Dale!
My pleasure!
Love your garden Eliza 🌸🌺🌼
Thank you, Karen. It is such a happy place for me to be. ❤
Beauteousness Eliza!
Thank you, Cindy! 🙂
Wow. Gorgeous.
Thank you, Flower!
All these flowers and plants are so beautiful, Eliza! You must be a Master Gardener!
Thank you, Hien! I went to school to study horticulture, so it is like breathing to me. 😉
Lovely! My favorites are the Korean dogwood and the iris, a summer flower with a fall color.
Thank you, Laurie. That iris is a favorite, such a rich color… reminds me of root beer popsicles!
Yes! They were one of my favorite flavors. I could have one right now. 😉
Gorgeous flower portraits, Eliza. Your lush garden is magical.
Thank you, Jane. If you ever come to MA, I’d love to share a tour with you. 🙂
That would be great, Eliza, thanks!
All this beauty is worth waiting for, although you have doubtless put a lot of work into it.
Thank you, Anne. It does take a lot of my spare time, but it is a labor of love. As the garden matures, it becomes more pruning/shaping. Mulch reduces the weeding and watering, thankfully!
Beautiful gallery, Eliza, I enjoyed strolling around your garden through these! 😊
Thank you, Donna, glad to have you along. 🙂
It’s a joy to experience your garden vicariously through your beautiful images, Eliza! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Always a delight to see your garden. Love the peachy pink poppy. My orange poppies went nuts this year, but peonies were wiped out in a week because of the heat. Clematis is good!
Thank you, Ellen. Yes, that heat wave pushed things along so quickly. We’re down to secondary buds on the peonies, which I’ll treasure to the end.
Thank you very much for the beautiful photographs.Take care.🌹🙏💐
Thank you, Francis!
My pleasure.🌹🙏
Such a treat to take a tour of your garden, Eliza!
Thank you, Sandy. I’m trying to share more of it this year… time tends to run away from me, no surprise. 😉
I can identify with that!
I’ll check in later … so beautiful. Just wanted to say hello and hope all is well in your part of the world.
Thanks, Dawn. Spring and summer is my happy time of year! Glad to hear from you. 🙂
Magnificant flowers, your garden is a real gem !
Thank you kindly!
Wow, Eliza, what is the one with peach petals and that rich purple heart, called?
Oriental poppy… they are native to Asia. Their crepe paper blooms last only a couple of days, but what glory!
Oh wow, what a story – I really must look them up. How inspiring!
Your garden is looking splendid, Eliza! Gorgeous photos of so much beauty.
Thanks much, Pete!
Hi Eliza.
All gorgeous. Hard to remember you had snow not that long ago!
MJ
Thank you, MJ. I often think that myself, looking around at all the green growth and flowers, it is hard to believe my world was frozen solid only 3 months ago.
Your beautiful blooms and photography skills are on center stage here. Both are good things. 🙂
Thank you very much, Judy! It is tough to limit myself, when so much is in bloom. 🙂
Everything looks fabulous!
Thank you! I’m loving the way things are coming along in the garden. Mature gardens are not as labor intensive, thankfully. 😉
Wonderful photos, I can almost feel the breeze and feel the sunshine! The light on the poppy, the greens of the ferns and hosta, the textures and colors of the foxglove and lambs ears… all awesome 🙂
Thanks much, Frank. Happy days in the garden. 🙂
All so beautiful! Iris color is amazing…I can’t get the slide show, so miss all the names.
Thank you, Alice. If you ever want a name, just ask. 🙂
What lovely shades of pink! ❤
Thank you, Carol! 🙂
Lucky you with all the flowers. My blossoms are mostly tomato, a rose, and some dandelions. The pokeberry will bloom soon. I saw a raccoon climb high this morning into a mulberry tree. Breakfast?
Thanks, Jim. Gardening is in my blood!
And dirt under your nails. 🙂
Yes, indeed!
Your garden is dazzling! It must be such a joy strolling through it as the blooming season progresses! The clematis-hybrid is super lovely.
Thank you, Barbara! I like doing walk throughs, but must hold myself back from pulling weeds, etc. 😉 I need to practice just ‘being!’
These are gorgeous pictures. I love foxgloves, lambs ears and peony, so that one grabbed me right away. Then that lovely textured hosts border! Wow. Spring is such a joy, and for me, summer as well…Thanks for the photos–I had never seen that variety of aquilegia.
Thank you, Lisa. Spring is such a wonderful time in the garden, the explosion of scent and color never ceases to amaze me.
Yes! We’ve got linden, magnolia grandiflora, and roses all wafting around at the same time! Heavenly!
I planted those mtn Laurels 13 years ago!
They are fabulous, aren’t they?
A classic northern spring that brings back faraway memories.
Hope it stirs up good ones. 🙂 The weather has turned more seasonable, thankfully. I’m hoping my peonies will last a bit longer. The heat wave pushed them faster than normal, alas.
Things are looking lovely!
Thank you, Belinda… it’s been a great season so far. 🙂
Glorious flowers and images Eliza, what a magical garden! 💜
Thank you kindly, Xenia! x
Oh that clematis is gorgeous!!!
Thank you, Loree!
All are beautiful but the foxgloves paired with the peony stole my heart. However, I do covet that Aquilegia, another genus that doesn’t seem to like my climate, at least under our current very dry conditions.
Thank you, Kris. I think of you often, as it seems this is going to be a particularly challenging summer for CA.
Yoir garden is looking so pretty Eliza! 😃 Love that Clematis.
Thank you, Cathy. June is such an amazing month in the garden, so lush and floriferous! 🙂
Gorgeous colors! What an amazing garden!
Thank you very much!
All gorgeous and the poppy is simply spectacular. 😊
Thank you, Irene!
All lovelies of course but the bearded iris is gorgeous and unique.
Thank you, Steve. That rusty iris is my favorite, such a rich color.
What a beautiful garden! I bet it’s such a happy place to be as I love it when there are so many blooms!! ❤️ ~Diana
Thank you, Diana! Yes, it is definitely my happy place this time of year. The sheer abundance and lushness makes up for the months of cold dormancy. 🙂
Beautiful set of photos, Eliza. Your garden must be a special place!
Thank you, Tina. It is definitely my sanctuary. 🙂
They’re all beautiful Eliza but the way the light is catching that poppy is lovely.
Thank you, Andrea. That poppy is a favorite, such a beautiful peach colour that glows in the sun.
Stunning! Thank you, Eliza, for sharing them with us.
Thank you, Debbie, my pleasure!
Very nice Eliza! Beautiful Series of Images of your Gardens!!
Thank you, Reed, much appreciated!
Many beauties. You’re having a great spring show. I love that oriental poppy–the color is supreme.
Thank you, Susie. The best part of the day is the daily stroll around the yard looking at everything, so rewarding!
Love that poppy and the purple clematis.
Thank you, Jason. The clematis have been beautiful this year.
Lovely.
Thank you, Jill!
Eliza, your photos are stunning. Thanks for sharing your blooming garden.
Thank you, Alys, my pleasure!
Oh, what a gorgeous collection of pinks, purples and reds! What do you do with your oriental poopies when they are done blooming? Water, fertilize, cut back? I’m trying a couple in my garden.
Thank you, Denise! I love the voluptuousness of poppies. 🙂 I use Plantone, an org. fertilizer seasonally, compost and leaf mulch. You could deadhead the poppies after blooming (the seed heads can be dried for indoor use) and the plant itself goes dormant shortly thereafter. You just have to remember that the plant is still there and don’t dig into it thinking it is a spare planting spot! I have a fern that stretches over the spot, so that helps. Once the foliage yellows, it can be cut if you like things ‘tidy.’ What color are yours?
Thanks for the info … orange!
Absolutely beautiful!🙂 So many favorites this week, especially loved Nora Barlow and all that I learned researching the flower and person (might be able to add this one since it’s ignored by deer).🙂
Thank you! Columbines come in so many sizes and colors these days and the ones I have cross, then I have something brand new next to its parents. Great long bloom time, too. 🙂
Looking great
Thank you!