Garden Post!

I don't feel like I have much to share from my main garden this week. It's looking about the same. Peonies are still in bloom; the Iris have just finished up.

There is a bit of yellow now thanks to the Coreopsis.

I thought I would share a few views from my kitchen garden instead. Right outside the back door, off the kitchen, is our circular driveway. As soon as we moved in, I envisioned a garden in that inner circle. It's perfect for a garden space: nearly full sun, kept heated by the surrounding pavement, and it never needs edging! I call it my kitchen garden and it is full of herbs and cutting flowers. Pictured here is Lavender and yellow Yarrow.

I love this combination of colors, my 'Isla Gold' Tansy with chartreuse foliage, and the purple flowers of the 'Walker's Low' Catmint.

This year, I planted some annual Nasturtiums, just because they are so colorful, and because they are filling the space vacated by my gigantic out of control tarragon plant that I pulled out earlier this spring!

These are Walking Onions, also called Egyptian Onions. They are purely ornamental but seem right at home in a kitchen garden.

I have the circle broken into three sections by gravel paths. The smallest section holds three tea roses. The first roses bloomed this week!

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The purple is starting to fade from my spring garden and I know that just around the corner there will be a lot more yellow. For now, here is the last of my Siberian Iris to bloom. It's called "Pink Haze."
This is my catmint. It seems to be a favorite among the others who have joined the Garden Tour and it is one of my favorites too. It's such an easy plant to grow and it has such a long bloom period.
Cranesbill Geraniums are another plant, like catmint, that are so easy to grow and bloom for such a long time. I have a couple of varieties, this fuchsia color...

and white.
The peonies are blooming this week! I had to run around and cut most of them prior to a big rainstorm on Friday so we are mostly enjoying them inside.

The plant in the foreground here is a perennial salvia. The bush in the back is Viburnum Blueberry Muffin. Later on, it will have dark blue berries!
Here is a close up of an Allium. Aren't those little star shaped petals pretty?
I love this Coral Bells plant too. I has been blooming for a couple of weeks now and I expect it to keep going strong for awhile longer. It's nice and airy and delicate.
My husband has been trying to get some grapes to grow for a few years now and look, we have baby grapes! We are hoping that the animals and birds will leave them alone.
And our strawberry planter yielded the first berry! We were all very pleased and split this little berry five ways at dinner time so we could all have a very, very, tiny taste!

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