June Bouquets

Red valerian and yellow kale flowers

Foxglove, lupines, kale flowers, and mint

Beautiful Vegetables!

Onion thinnings

Broccoli, snow peas, and borage flowers

Back Yard Gardens in June

Vegetable and herb gardens

Foxglove and rhododendrons

Columnar apple trees with blueberries and alpine strawberries

Espalier apple tree

Late Spring Flowers

Yellow daylilies

Allegro Oriental poppies

Love in a Mist

Love in a Mist with blueberries and grapes

Red valerian

Hostas with flowering ornamental strawberries

Snow Peas!

Schweizer Riesen heirloom snow pea blossoms are always so beautiful!

To the top of the trellis!

Snow peas on the sturdy squash trellis!  I just planted two Delicata squash in front of these still-growing peas.  If all goes well, we'll get to enjoy some of the snow pea pods before the squash vines need the trellis for themselves.

 You can find these wonderful heirloom snow peas at Uprising Seeds.

Princess Victoria Louise Oriental Poppy

Happy Bees

The bees were buzzing all around the Allegro Oriental poppies today.

The Rozanne hardy geraniums are just starting to blossom, and the bees love them!

So many blossoms to choose from!

Plums and Pears and Peaches, Oh My!

Italian plums!  It's the first year this young tree has produced fruit, and they're looking wonderful!  There were many more plums than this all clustered together, but I made myself thin them.  Such a difficult thing to do!

A broader view of this Italian plum tree, with lupines and calendula

Our Hollywood plum tree is loaded with fruit this year.  It's been a while since producing so well.   I pruned it hard earlier this spring, and even thinned a good portion of the plums for air and light circulation. 

We're looking forward to indulging in these delicious summer fruits!

Pears, lupines, and calendula!
I like the color contrast of these dark red Rescue pears.

Frost peach!
This is the largest peach so far, but there are several more on the outer branches.

A full view of the Frost peach tree, with lupines, foxglove, forget-me-nots, and calendula.  If you look closely, you can see more of the peaches, especially on the right.  If you click on the photo, you'll get a larger view.

Foxglove!

Foxglove in the foreground with Frost peach in the background on the left

Foxglove with forget-me-nots and lupines alongside the Frost peach

Foxglove on the left with Italian plum tree on the right

Foxglove in the front yard

Foxglove along the back fence

Spring Salad!

Three kinds of lettuce plus edible flowers--borage, calendula, and chives!