Re: what's in bloom now

Hollyhocks, hollyhocks everywhere, they've even settled on the lawn. Should
I let them grow wild?? I'm afraid there will no room for anything else if
this keeps up. My cilantro is over two feet tall and blooming tiny white
flowers. The pansies in shades of purple, lavendar, and orange are still
holding on, but I've gathered about five hundred seeds, will sow in the
fall. Everyone is in awe of the Allium, probably eight inches in diameter.
The alyssum just meanders in between everything and cascades on to the
pathway. Dahlia are starting to bloom, one of them has a bud that's almost
two inches wide, can't wait to see the size of the bloom. Canna are peaking
through and my liatris is standing tall and ready to release those beautiful
purple spikes. Shasta daisies are coming, by next week my lilies will be
open, but I haven't seen any sign of my Foxtail lilies (eremurus), although
when I look closely at the soil I see all kinds of greenery sprouting,
probably the seeds I sowed are germinating. Echinacea, rudbeckia, black-eyed
suzies, vanilla marigolds are ready to bloom. Spearmint and mint need to be
checked and Cleome (also from seed) will soon be blowing in the wind. My
russian sage is tall and heavy with perfume, and the moonflowers are
creaping up the wrought iron fence. Can't forget the herbs... oregano, water
cress, thyme, basil, marjoram, chives, arugula, sorrel and lavendar. And
mine is a very small garden. My lupins have lots of leaves but no blooms,
planted from seed this year, so maybe the flowers will come next year. 

that's what's blooming in my frontyard

Doreen
>	Roses for one thing:  white and pink (the Fairy) shrub roses, David
>Austin English roses, and the distinctively purple-wine red of the rootstock
>roses (sigh...we lost a number of the hybrid teas this past hard winter).
>The Siberian irises and the yellow flag are finished, but a few German
>bearded irises are still blooming, and the gorgeous Japanese irises are just
>beginning.
>	There's also coreopsis, penstemons, dianthus, phlox, spirea,
>honeysuckle, hydrangea, trollius, knautia, oenothera, delphinium, campanula,
>dianthus, sedum, asiastic lilies (just starting), weigela, lychnis
>coronaria, helianthemum, saponaria, and lavender (and others I can't think
>of inside this air-conditioned office far from my garden).
>
>Hot and humid like crazy the last few days!
>
>What's in bloom in your yards?
>
>Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
> 
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