End of May Review


Landscape Design, May flowers, Places of Interest, Plant Material, Roses, Travel / Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Manzanita-6192 Oceanside beachfront-6397 All lined up at the Coulee Dam viewpoint-6038 View of Mountains, Green Valleys-5308

As we reach the end of May the garden is fully flourishing and with the weather cooling off towards the end of the month there has been another spurt of growth.  I was only away for a few days but I came back to all the peonies in bloom, at least 3 or 4 varieties of roses in flower including the front arbour climbing rose as well as purple salvias and lavenders. Apricot coloured rose-6431 Findleberry garden entrance2-6439 More double pink peonies-6459

David Austin Rose Side Natural-6469May has been a busy month starting with our camping trip earlier in the month and then ending with our MG run in Wenatchee and an unexpected trip down to the Northern part of the Oregon coast.  I therefore have an abundance of photos to share but will limit it to just a few.  Despite inclement weather the MG run was very successful.  On one section of the run just outside of Wenatchee I was absolutely amazed at the banks of wild flowers; the balsamroot was still in bloom, yarrow, lupines and penstemon too.Wild penstemon-5942

We also stopped by Entiat Lake which had a number of perennial beds in flower.  I was impressed by the display of delphiniums and the use of ornamental grasses.  

Blue delphiniums Entiat lake-5951 Ornamental grasses-5958

As we neared the coast, the range of flowers completely changed in keeping with coastal conditions.  It has been awhile since I have seen the following flowers.

Astrantia Major-6148
Astrantia Major
Purple hebe-6229
Purple Hebe (Veronica)

 

 

 

 

 

California lilac-6167
Californian Lilac
California poppies-6199
Californian Puppies

 

 

 

 

Discoveries in Canon Beach area.  I was taken by the succulent pot and the container placed in an old rusty chair.

Container of sedums-6176 Basket in rustic chair-6175

Certainly an eventful month both in the garden and on our travels.  

 

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