Month: June 2022

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Ensata Iris

I have been collecting Japanese Iris (Ensata) for many years now. As you may recall, last year I dug up some of them that had outgrown their spaces and transplanted them into a wet area where an old willow had been taken down due to rot. I had hoped that they would all blend together in June. They came up this spring and buds formed. Finally, they began to bloom. I left some of them in the main garden in case my experiment didn’t work. But it did! So I will transplant some more into the space in the fall.

The first to bloom in the main garden “Hanakaido Pink
Another view of “Hanakaido Pink”
Variegated Ensata
“Frilled Enchantment”
Unknown blue in the new garden
Another photo of Unknown blue
“Raspberry Candy”
“Ruffled Whitewater” in the center just beginning to bloom. “Raspberry Candy” on the right has gone by.
There are two more to go – “Silent Thunder” and “Warai Hotel” are budded. I hope they bloom before the others go by

I am happy with my experiment so far. I hope next year the circle will be full of Ensatas all blooming at about the same time.

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June

What a lovely month to garden. There was so much blooming it was hard to choose what I wanted to highlight. I decided to focus on some macro shots and a few critters.

Do you see the little bunny hiding behind the variegated iris
Rose “Grandma’s Blessing”
Peonies, Penstemon “Husker Red”
Sorrel blossom
Clematis seed heads
Succulents
Mama turkey and her babies
Dad’s pink dahlias blooming the end of June

More to come…..