Mid June and Flowers are Blooming
Well we have made it to the middle of June. The days are long, the mosquitos are biting like crazy and the flowers are rolling in. The peonies are blooming their heads off and can’t be more beautiful. The perennials are also coming into full blooms and it is just dang beautiful here at the farm.
The new peonies that I planted last March? are giving me a bloom each which is great so I have an idea of what the look like and let me just say that they are stunning. Next year there will be a few stems of each to offer which will increase the number of varieties. But first, look at these stunners that are on offer right now
The cool thing is that I still have varieties that I haven’t even harvested yet which is very exciting.
The early perennials are coming in quite nicely, the foxglove, yarrow, salvia, astrantia and the early blooming phlox are coming in so as we go into summer the easier the flower arranging becomes because the selection just keeps increasing.
These are two new varieties that will be offered next year…
The ranunculus are still going strong, far better than I expected, as are the anemones. The cool annuals are looking great in the tunnel and will also soon be joining the floral excitement.
I am going to try for the third and final time to plant the zinnia seedlings again. Damn slugs. These I have let get bigger and hopefully stronger so they won’t succumb so rapidly. It is just so frustrating so I will keep my fingers crossed and the DE handy.
It looks as though about 90% of the dahlias have emerged so I have added the middle stakes and ordered more twine to start corralling them probably by the end of the month. To be honest, I am pretty happy with how things are doing and looking so far this season. It certainly hasn’t been consistent in the weather department but looking good I think.
I will leave you with last week’s #windowframethursday. I think it is over the top beautiful.
Until next week, Allie. I dream of flowers, do you?