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June has been cool and wet in Maine; however, regardless of the cool temperatures and shortage of sunshine, the backyard has been inching into summer time. Little by little, spring flowers have light, and early summer time flowers have begun to bloom.
By the patio, the roses appear to have benefitted from this cool, moist climate and are notably lush this yr.
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On this a part of the backyard, the variety of self-sown spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) crops appears bigger than common this yr. I dig these crops up once they seed themselves in inconvenient locations, however I prefer to allow them to bloom earlier than I determine their destiny. Many of the seedlings bloom in shades of blue-violet or white brushed with blue-violet, however there are exceptions. This yr, I’m excited to search out vibrant hot-color magenta flowers on one plant and pure white flowers on one other (a primary amongst my self-sown volunteers).
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I don’t know if these are going to remain the place they planted themselves or be transplanted elsewhere, however each are keepers.
Spiderwort are blooming all through the backyard in June. Within the blue and yellow border, which is in a primarily blue part, the blue spiderwort are an enormous a part of the show. Usually, there would even be numerous blue Siberian irises blooming right here right now of yr, however they’re sulking after being divided and moved round as a part of the renovation of this flower mattress on the finish of final summer time. As a substitute, the colour of the spiderwort is echoed by hardy geraniums ‘Brookside’ and ‘Rozanne’ and by the flowers of Baptisia australis.
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Elsewhere within the backyard, Siberian irises are blooming fortunately. Within the deck border, the stunning ‘Lavender Bounty’ has simply begun to bloom. |
| Within the entrance border, Siberian iris ‘Hubbard’ is placing on a lush show, as is the attractive velvety violet selection that was one of many authentic pass-along irises planted in my backyard thirty years in the past. |  |
The backyard has a candy look in June that’s created by a low-contrast show in shades of blue, violet and pink. You possibly can see this within the entrance border,
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the place the colour scheme contains the blue of this Baptisia australis |
| … and the tender mauve of this Tradescantia virginiana. |  |
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The peonies which have simply begun to bloom within the aromatic backyard echo this identical shade palette, which additionally contains white flowers, |
| like peony ‘Festiva Maxima’ within the entrance border |  |
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… and mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) within the shrubbery. |
Backyard Bloggers’ Bloom Day is a month-to-month celebration of flowers hosted by Carol Michel at Might Goals Gardens. Go to her web site for hyperlinks to different gardeners’ June blooms.
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