Friday, May 22, 2009

May: It's late, I'm sleepy, here are some plants

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Japanese maple 'Sango-kaku'

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Weigela florida 'Ruby Queen' - I don't much like these shrubs, am shopping for replacements

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Aquilegia canadensis, extreme closeup!! with pistils crammed against camera lens

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Panicum virgatum, switchgrass, with adorable tiny furry flowers

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Drumstick allium poses complementarily with the neighbor's Euonymous

A glorious 3-day weekend of gardening and other non-work-related stuff stretches before me. Time to go rest up!

2 comments:

Cathy S. said...

I love Weiglias, whats wrong with it?

Diane said...

Well, they're not doing very well, but I also find the flowers kind of misshapen and excessively pink. Which I suppose I should have known when I planted them!