Benches are good

Especially for sitting on after a work-out planting the alpines, herbs & Japanese maple tree you purchased at the plant sale earlier that morning -- a warm, sunny morning. I'm thinking ahead to this Saturday's stellar weather forecast* & the Gwynne Vaughn Park Garden Party & Sale.

Maybe I'll score a Saxifraga as interesting as Kim's 'Gregor Mendel'.

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Flowers along the path

Many flowers and many paths, actually. For the past couple of weeks, I've been enjoying a stay-at-home, project-oriented, gardening-focused vacation.

Here are a few photographs of my favourite floral finds from recent long walks (another favourite vacation activity):

Orange poppies among the pansies

Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas) at English Bay

Irises soften the concrete & glass skyline

Mystery vine with apple-coloured blossoms weaves its way through the Snowflake Viburnum (below)

 

Snowflake Viburnum (Viburnum opulus) & balcony bokeh

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. 
No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. 
~Aldo Leopold

Happy June, everyone. What's blooming in your gardens & neighbourhoods now?