raniy day garden photos

here are the backsides of some "red" poppies I planted this spring, so they grew pretty short but still bloomed.

asiatic lilies and some color combos on the north side.

rainy day daylily blooms

above photos are Roses in Snow, Sienna Sunset, and Double River Wye

these next 3 are Midnight Aura which has such vivid colors, Spotted Fever which jsut keep puting out full big double speckly blooms, and the last one is a seedling from Siloam Night Rings, nothing new but I liked it's orchidy color and dark ring. :)

may flowers...

planters on the front porch, I couldnt' decide between the two photos so I'm posting both. the first one is in better focus, but I like how the zoom lens pulled in the orange lilies from the background. :)

am pleased with the kniphofia out front, will want to get more next year.

poppies and other...

april flowers,

ranunculus, Peony 'Coral Charm', and a nice bright geranium

white iris from the sale last fall...

Tulips from March..

Tulipa clusiana

I've been really satisfied with my plantings of this little tulip, it came back even better this second year. I bought a bunch of these from Brent and Becky's bulbs fall 2010.