090622 - Candy Tuft

Here are several more photographs of the candy tufts in bloom in the backyard.

The flowers get as large as a silver dollar, while the plant can reach almost two feet tall.

090622 - Love in the Mist

Here are three photographs from yesterday of one of my new favorite flowers. I purchased one plant from a nursery last year, and it readily reseeded all over the backyard.

090622 - Backyard

Here is a photograph I took yesterday of the backyard. I was standing near the gate looking up the hillside.

You can see the bald spot near the top right, where we pulled out the echium, which had grown much too large, expanding across the trail and making it dangerous to pass by.

In its place, I've planted three canterbury bells, one of which is an unusual perennial and a pale whitish purple. I plan on growing amaranths and asters there, as our summer takes hold.

090622 - Sweet Peas

Here are several photographs of sweet peas I took yesterday evening after watering the gardens.

It has been a nice June so far, a little windy in the evenings, but warm and sunny most days.

Most of these sweet peas came from one packet of winter sweet peas, my favorites the white ones with purple tips.