I'm having a difficult time choosing what to show for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. There's an embarrassment of riches on my corner of Katy right now: roses, Louisiana iris, poppies, phlox, sweetspire, columbines, bluebonnets, petunias, linaria, clematis, alyssum, spiderwort, salvias, violas, larkspur, lobelia, freesia, mock orange, nasturtiums, penstemon, verbenas and more that I just can't recall at the moment. I took over 100 pictures ... which should clarify why I'm having trouble narrowing it down. So I'll just close my eyes, roll the mouse around and see what it lands on, and go from there.
OK, first up: Louisiana Iris. I have no idea which ones these are. I gave up labeling them long ago because no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep them separated well enough to tell which was which.
Reve d'Or rose
Winecup (Callirhoe)
Clematis which I thought was 'Niobe' but doesn't resemble the pictures I see of that variety. Oops.
Clematis which I thought was 'Niobe' but doesn't resemble the pictures I see of that variety. Oops.
This little darling is Freesia laxa 'Alba', which I purchased in 2008 at The Natural Gardener in Austin while attending the Garden Bloggers' Spring Fling.
Much as I love the showy blooms of Hinckley's Gold Columbine and the purple A. dichroa, I think the native Aquilegia canadensis is my favorite.
One final picture and then I'm done for this Bloom Day. This is Carefree Beauty blooming with purple larkspur, pink poppies, verbena, bluebonnets and toadflax.
Oh, wait, I almost forgot a very unusual and important bloom I've been promising to show GBBD originator Carol of May Dreams Gardens. Here it is, Indy! I believe it to be Implementus hortus subsp. antiquus.
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