What's Blooming

I found some plants for the big blue ceramic pot at the corner of my porch.  I loved how well my urn turned out that I decided to repeat it here.  When you pull into our driveway, you'll be greeted by an urn spilling with yellow calibrachoa, and in the distance, you'll see the same splash of color repeated.  I especially love how the yellow contrasts with the blue.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved old-fashioned cabbage type roses.  Imagine my excitement when I discovered this one at my favorite local nursery.  This is a Knock Out variety (Rosa 'Radtkopink'), which means it's hardy and continues to bloom until frost, unlike it's ancestors, which only bloom for a few weeks in spring.

Here are some other things blooming this week.

Wild columbines are native to Missouri.  Every gardener should have at least one plant.  When they bloom, it signals that the hummingbirds are here.  This is one of their earliest sources of food.

I wish my alliums were doing better.  There is a lot of foliage, but only three blooms.  I think they need more sun.

I got these dwarf iris from my mom.  They start blooming around Easter.  I've been going under the assumption for years that these are Easter Bonnet iris, but when I google this name, I see a different image.  Maybe it's a generic name for lots of dwarf varieties.

I couldn't resist; a close-up shot of those fantastic Knock Out roses.








This clematis has just started to bloom.  It's covered with buds.  This was a gift from my friend Rebekah.