Wednesday Wandering

Seems like there should be more hours in a day this time of year.  I do love working outside in the gardens.   Seems like there's something new to see every day. But before you know it some flowers have come and gone before I've had time to take a photo. 

Herbaceous peonies are in bloom. Seems like the flowers are smaller this year. Maybe it is because we have not had much rain. 

I've had my peonies for a long time.  I have white ones...

...some with a light pink blush...

...some light pink ones...

...and some dark pink ones.  These I transplanted in a corner of the veggie garden about 6 years ago or so. I thought someday I would have an entire floral fence around the veggie garden but this is about as far as I got.   And I always think someday I'll get those round wire supports they have for peonies but I don't. I guess there's still a bunch of somedays to come. 

The Martagon (Turk's Cap) Lily blooms are starting to open up. It's difficult to get a photo since they are in shade most of the day. 

Some roses are starting to bud and open.  I am always glad to see roses.  The last several years the rabbits and deer have severely pruned my rose canes.  Then if I do get roses they open in time for the Japanese beetles to devour. Most of my roses are old fashioned or heirloom varieties and are scented. 

A long time ago a Wild Rose popped up back near the barn and I just let it grow there.  It's a big bush now and when in bloom it smells fantastic. Normally I pull out wild roses because they can be invasive. 

This one I transplanted about a month ago to this sunnier spot. I guess it is happy now.  Even though it is very short it has a bud.  

This white rose has had lots of flowers on it along some arching canes. I've enjoyed the scent and beauty every day when I walk along the garden path. But now that I've decided to take a photo there is only this rose open. 

Speaking of scents...I love Dianthus (Carnations, Pinks, Sweet William). Most have a scent.  I like to tuck them here, there and everywhere. I've grown all of my different perennials from seed. 

I almost harvested those golden oyster mushrooms on a log back near the barbed wire fence but then I spotted..."leaves of three let them be"...poison ivy! 

It has been so dry I wonder if that is why the Foxglove see to be shorter and have smaller flowers this year.  This patch is biennial foxglove but it reseeds itself so I usually have some plants there every year. 

This yellow Foxglove is a perennial.   And I have been spying bindweed in several of this week's photos. Yes, I'm behind on weeding the flower garden because most of my time has been spent the last few weeks getting the veggie garden planted as well as potting up most of my perennials I started this year. I want to keep them in little pots on the deck for awhile before I plant them into the gardens. Most of those are native wildflowers. 

I did harvest some strawberries a couple of days in a row and then I think a deer, squirrel or raccoon harvested some as they trampled through my strawberry patch. (I forgot to stick plastic forks here and there throughout the patch which seemed to stop them last year.  I still see some green strawberries so hopefully I'll beat the varmints to them when they ripen. 

And so it grows...