Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Bloom Day - Greetings from Europe!

Today I report from my mother's garden in Europe. No, I won't tell you the country but you can pretty much tell by the soil color. Interestingly, we both are in USDA zone 5 but our frost-free dates differ by a month. She already has knee-high potatoes, for goodness sake!
I put so much work in that garden over 12 years so I feel the right to share some blooms.
It's still the 15th in my time zone so I hope I won't be the last one for the party. There is so much going on in my mom's garden it's hard to start.

Outside of the garden there is an abandoned lot which she turned into a flax meadow.

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Inside we've got a whole Iris Festival.
Dutch Irises are simply amazing
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Bearded irises are great too!
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I never liked clematis but I may need to reconsider. That blue one is simply gorgeous.
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White peonies.... oh, the joy!
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I've never seen such a plain garden flower (pansy) looking so gordeous pansies_May15_2012

These perennial poppies are 6 inches across! maki_May_15_2012

Also we started harvesting strawberries yesterday. I guess this is what happiness looks like (minus the jetlag).
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Cheers, Lucy

6 comments:

  1. Both the Dutch and the Bearded Iris are lovely. Sadly it is too humid for them in Brisbane, although I can console myself a little with the Louisianas. Have a lovely visit and happy Bloom Day.

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  2. Your Irises almost make me want to move to a colder climate but maybe I should just enjoy seeing yours instead. They are so beautiful.

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  3. Al the Irissen are lovely!! greetings, Diny

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  4. Your mum must have great passion to have planted these lovely flowers on such a vast area.

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