Lots of Blooms for June GBBD

I am participating in Carol's Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, with less than 2 hours left in the day. 

Our yard was on our neighborhood's annual garden tour last week.  Larry manned the back yard, with his water garden the star.  I had great fun visiting with folks about native plants and where to get them. 

I forgot to ask Larry what this plant is.

People at the tour loved all of our tubs, watering cans, and other stuff, that borders on being a bit junky. 

In the front yard, the Purple meadow rue plants, towering over the other plants, were the ones most asked about.

Love lies bleeding:

I have been amazed at the changes a week brought.  Plants, such as Common milkweed grew, and new flowers opened their blooms that had been not ready at the tour. 

I'm not sure what the little insect on the Wild quinine is.

A lot of people liked the Golden alexanders, too.

I have several Purple poppy mallows around, and this sure seems to be a good season for them.  They are full of blooms, and sending out lots of stems.  It's too bad the stems don't send down roots so they can be divided and shared or moved around.

I sure am enjoying the Purple milkweeds this year. 

This clump of Echinacea paradoxa has been here a few years.  I sure like it.

I'm pretty sure this is Echinacea angustifolia. (I copied and pasted this name, and now, I can't get the normal font to work in this spot.)
 

Butterfly milkweed:

Lanceleaf coreopsis:

 

I can't remember the name of this coreopsis.  I sure am having issues!  I don't know why this is centered.

 

Purple prairie clover is one I have to put a cage around so the rabbits won't eat it.

I like how Fleabane helps to fill up spaces with blooms.

The Foxglove penstemons needed to be staked.  I am hoping more plants fill in so that they can support each other in the next few years.  It sure has been windy lately!

The plant in front is Salvia nemorosa Pumosa, and the one in back is Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'.

The Larkspurs, annuals that self sow in the vegetable garden sure are looking good right now!

There are Borage blooms already.  These self sow in the vegetable garden, too.

I don't know the names of most of the Clematis plants anymore.  This one is on the fence next to the vegetable garden.

The Bachelor buttons also come up each spring in the vegetable garden.  I like having all of those choices for the pollinators.

I decided to go back to the front yard to get a photo of the Clematis on the front porch that are bluer than they look in the photo.  People on the tour liked these, too.

 

 

I wanted to be sure to include one of the several 'Spooky' dianthus plants, because the nursery I've gotten them from over the years will be closing after this season.  I've done a post on B&B Gardens before.  It's owned and operated by a couple and their daughter.  I hope someone buys the property who will continue the operation, but it doesn't sound like that is going to happen.  I wish them the best as they figure out what their next steps will be.

We are in the process of helping our daughter move.  She is due June 21st with a girl, so I may be blogging even less than I have been for awhile, but I hope to see some other bloom day posts.  I hope you are having a good garden season.