Wednesday, June 24, 2009

June

June has been dry but the perennials are doing their best. Lots of things are blooming now, including the Bushy Blue Bell clematis. This is a perennial I planted last year and it is about 18 inches tall now and very well behaved. I thought that, being a clematis, it might be a little unruly but it is very self-contained. The flowers form in between two leaves that form a pocket. As you can see in this fuzzy picture the leaves separate and the flower buds are revealed.
As the flowers age the petals twist and the flower turns up more so that the stamens are revealed. I'll try to get a picture of the seed tufts later in the season.






And the sedum and dianthus are gorgeous too.

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