Laureate Shelties Blog
A bit of this, a bit of that...with a lot of free spirits.
It is peony time; and it is the perennial we have in abundance.
This is from a photograph I took ten years ago. I used it on the cover of a calendar I made for Christmas presents. It is the peony 'sword dance', a favorite in our garden.
This is how it looks now... it just came out today!
A beautiful pink variety.
'Coral and Gold'
This white peony with the red ribbon through it has been with us since we bought our first house twenty years ago. It was originally from the gardens of the Perth Manor in Perth. I think it is called 'Festiva Maxima'.
Sword Dance
This is another white variety. This one has a cream center and is quite beautiful. It came into flower about four days ago and is really blooming now in this heat.
It is a beautiful variety...wish I knew the name.
In the evening light
Meanwhile in the shade garden, the not so showy, but very beautiful columbine are just finishing up. This is how they looked last week...so delicate.
Two more from yesterday...tasting the flowers
Innocence
Perennial Geranium
Horse Chestnut tree in flower (and Gabi, Eva, LuAnne, Valerie, Tira, Paris, Taboo and Bunny)
I have never seen the flowers up close before. I can't believe the colours on them...orange, yellow and pink centers on one bunch; it looks like a carnival!
OK, back to washing dogs now...
Flowering
crab apple and apple trees along the driveway.
Apple blossoms
The bleeding hearts tucked away under some shrubs.
Lilacs
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