Twilight garden on Bloom Day
I was putting together my Foliage Follow-Up post for tomorrow when I realized that I had pictures for a Bloom Day post too. The flowers of spring can be fleeting, and I want to give them their due, starting with a velvety, wine-colored pond iris that Rock Rose shared with me. This flower opened the day after I brought it home. Thank you, Rock Rose!
Shoshana’s iris, a long-ago passalong from Tina at My Gardener Says…, just started blooming. The ruffled, lilac flowers are so beautiful.
Showy in a more Dr. Seussian way, the false red yucca (Beschorneria septentrionalis) I bought at Peckerwood a few years ago has sent up a long bloom stalk, which I’ve propped with a flying pig stake. As Lori of The Gardener of Good and Evil commented when she visited recently, those flying pigs are so handy!
I’ve been waiting for the tubular flowers to open a little wider, but I think this is as good as it gets. Excuse the live oak pollen, which is no longer showering us with every gust of wind but still clings to everything.
I almost forgot to include my new ‘Peggy Martin’ rose, also known as the Katrina rose (click for the inspiring story), which I acquired after admiring it in Playin’ Outside blogger Vicki’s garden last spring. Pink with the red Austin sign wasn’t planned, obviously, but the rose needs sun and a place to climb, so have at it, Peggy!
Join me tomorrow, or anytime really, with your Foliage Follow-Up post: giving foliage the spotlight on the day after Bloom Day. And don’t forget to visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens for links to Bloom Day posts from gardeners around the world.
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Oh, that red Iris is very pretty. And I love the pink rose with the red sign.
I’m never sure whether I mind red and pink together. But I guess I don’t because this combo doesn’t bother me either! —Pam
Beautiful iris, and I love climbing roses!
Have a wonderful day!
Lea
Iris and roses are garden classics for good reason, aren’t they? —Pam
Handy flying pig is great! And thanks for giving a name to the false red yucca, which I saw in Texas last year and didn’t know.
I’m happy to have helped, Erica. —Pam
All of it so lush…you have been enjoying the rain too i see. The Peggy Martin rose with the Austin sign looks like a photo for a magazine article. Happy spring!
This has been a beautiful spring, Laurin, and things are indeed lusher than usual. Hope Houston’s having a good one too! —Pam
Just wait until Miss Peggy gets established. You would not believe the profusion of pink on my fence right now! (only two years in)
Go, Peggy, go! —Pam
You are (much!) younger than I, but back in my day we were taught red and pink don’t go together. We didn’t mix silver and gold back then either, so clearly those were trends and not rules.
In this instance, the roses and sign look as though they were always meant to go together. To my eye the slightly feminine font pairs well with a climbing bloom while the red of the sign keeps the roses from feeling fussy. Together they form a visual draw that ought to hold up beautifully in the bright summer sun to come.
Well, if only I’d planned it, then. 🙂 It’ll be interesting to see it in a year or two, when it’s smothering the fence. —Pam
Beautiful iris pictures! They burnt red color of your iris from Rock Rose is especially lovely!
I’m hoping for another bloom on the water iris again soon, Rebecca. —Pam