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The garden is really starting to roar to life now. The season here is short and plants just get a move on when the weather warms up.
This year, my foxgloves are blooming. I have been working on these with no luck for 3 years now and finally I am seeing results. I actually wasn’t thinking I was going to get any ever, but then this year -surprise!
I’m hoping these will no proliferate and really fill in this area. These are called Pam’s Choice Split:
Lots of irises now. I have a lot LOL! There are 3 that haven’t even bloomed yet. The batik:
The unknown variety:
And my new Tour de France:
Finally I got the right plant. Last year the one I had bloomed, only it was the wrong color (they sent me the wrong plant). I tried again and it bloomed the first year!
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My new baby garden bed:
I have some zinnia seeds in here, which you can’t see. I have been putting some of my free seeding perennials in here like liatris, mum, and coneflowers, but I did buy some new plants as well, like this lupine:
The birds are loving the new feeder setup as well, which gives us a lot of enjoyment. This garden bed is pretty close to the patio.
Shade bed continues to fill out:
That hosta is enormous. It has to be 3 feet across!
Here is a look out to the back yard from this angle:
My big garden bed in the back is way out there, and you can see the new garden bed just peeking in at the right side. It’s really feeling like my garden now almost 5 years later.
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Your backyard is so pretty! I can see your touch all over. 🙂
That Tour de France iris is gorgeous!!
Everything looks just beautiful! Must be nice to see it all coming together after all your planning and planting. We have a bunch of irises, but only the greenery. I think the dang bunnies got to them. Do you know if we will ever get blooms again once they’ve been bunnified, or if I should just pull them out and start over?
You will get blooms again. Irises are very hardy. Just make sure they are in full sun. I don’t know how old your irises are, but if the clumps are really big, dig them up in late August, separate the rhizomes and replant some of them.
They’re only a couple of years old and I honestly can’t remember if they’ve ever flowered. I will give digging and separating a try and maybe put some in a pot in our fenced garden area to see if they’ll do anything when protected. Thanks for the pointers, Lori!
I would make sure they are getting enough sun. Either they were planted too deep or not enough sun would be my guess if they aren’t old.