A low-bloom time (must correct)

After the bulb display of April and May, we enter the dead time until the daisies and monarda start going in mid-June. This baffling dead time in the garden is frustrating.

I planted some things last year to address this dead zone, and they are blooming now, but I see now that they are all the same, understated color (blue/purple). Maybe incorporating more yellow and white will help it pop. Maybe some poppies?

Some things about to bloom in the bed to the right of the front door.

Look at all those fucking rudbeckia. I think I need to take some out, though they are glorious in July and August. Planted the leatherleaf sedge, on the left side of the photo, this weekend.

The two things blooming in the driveway bed. Pretty, but rather understated.

The bog garden. The lysimachia I planted a few weeks ago provides a bit of sparky yellow, but a panoply of greens otherwise. Still, very pleased that the swamp milkweed is thriving–looking forward to blooms in August.

Blue flag iris planted in the bog last summer. All three are blooming. Love it!

There is some penstemon blooming right now that looks really pretty. I think it’s starting to spread now that I am disciplining the stiltgrass. I played around with my iPhone camera, and caught a cool shot of a bee visiting one of the blooms (up top).

And it was a beautiful weekend even if the garden still needs work.

A pretty sunset all the same.

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