Garden Journal Update- What's Blooming Mid-June - by Sunscape

It's hard to believe that the middle of June has arrived already. Where does the time fly by so quickly? The gardens have switched from spring-flowering plants to early June-flowering perennials, along with many annuals that I grew from seed this year.

The last of the Peony blossoms dropped this week, and I took time to cut most of the flower stalks off. I still have a couple of bushes left to do, but the heat has kept me at bay. The pollinators sure did enjoy the peonies; the bees were having a ball.

The Kousa Dogwood is in full bloom and looks so stunning right now.

Then this fantastic aroma started wafting across the yard. I went behind the greenhouse, and sure enough, the Mock Orange was blooming. I can't see it from the porch unless I walk behind the greenhouse. It has the most lovely fragrance.

The Tradenscancia/Spiderwart is still blooming strongly next to the front sidewalk. It has the prettiest little lavender flowers with bright yellow stamens.

Next, the Deutzia Magician shrub had a few blossoms on it this year. It has been slowly dying, and the flowers were sparse. In the fall, we are going to remove the bush entirely.

This Ruby Clematis grows on the South-facing trellis in the vegetable garden among the Wisteria Vine.

It is a special variety that I found many years ago. I used to save the flowers when I had my soap business, and used them in bath salts to make it naturally fragrant. They have the sweetest fragrance. Actually, I should save some for potpourri before they are gone.

Back by the butterfly garden on the North side of the yard, this Clematis is climbing up the bird post. I purchased it in early spring, and it has a few flowers on it right now. Eventually, it will grow much taller and fuller.

Many of the perennials are filling in the butterfly garden. I planted a lot of annuals in this one. Zinnia, Cosmos, Larkspur, Calendula, Nasturtium, and Dalhias, too.

Here are a few Foxglove plants in this garden. Not many returned this year; I think the harsh winter killed a lot of them off. I had planted many last summer from seed, and apparently, they didn't survive.

Verbascum survived, but only one plant, which is such a shame. Plus, I only had two Dianthus return out of 7 plants.

Here is a broad look at the West side of my home. These gardens line my entire property line, keeping me quite busy keeping up with the weeds, cutting back flowers, and mulching. The first photo is where I have the main vegetable garden growing area, the entire length of my home.

The last garden to get cleaned out and weeded was the South one, next to the bottom of my driveway. Hubby is helping me clean up the leaves and weeds with his handy-dandy scoopers.

This bed has daffodils, daylilies, salvia, black-eyed susans, and some sort of ground cover.

The hanging baskets and container plantings are doing fantastic. They give me a lot of color around my back porch to enjoy all summer long.

I hope you enjoyed visiting my garden scape with me. Next week, I should be seeing many new flowers appearing as well. I shall keep you all updated.