Garden Report - Move over pink

June 28, 2008

The soft and somewhat overwhelming pinks of the front flower bed have gone bye now. When we bought our house I inherited peonies and rhododendron that put on a big beautiful show each June. But by the end of the month I'm ready to say adios to pink.

June is also a purple month in my perennial beds and those phlox, bachelor buttons, irises, chives and lupins are also done. The only purple's right now are salvia, campanula (in the back beds), lavender (oh so lovely) and this hydrangea, just starting to come into it's own.

But the real show is starting to happen with the yellow, orange and reds. I just love these flashy July colors after all the romance of June. Like this coreopsis and heliopsis, in the background.