We are more than half-way through June, and (most) of the garden is absolutely thriving.

More roses are blooming

Clockwise from top left: Bolero, Mellow Yellow, White Lightnin’, Koko Loko, Navy Lady, Good as Gold.

And Lily season is starting

Both the true lilies and the day lilies. So far just yellow ones, but all the lilies are looking great this year. And of course, I added several new ones!

Yellow is a popular colour in this garden…. especially among the Tickseed (Coreopsis)

I have some red and pink ones, but the yellow ones are definitely the most robust

And can we talk about my poppies? I think we can definitely call my experiment of sowing them in February was a definite success!

So far, the California ones are coming up in just two colours – pale yellow and bright yellow.

The Corn Poppies have a little more range

They are also bigger. I will definitely be collecting seeds to spread in the winter again!

From corn to cone… flowers!

You all know I have many, many types of coneflowers. They bloom right to the frost so they are a great garden stable.

In the garden I have two types of primrose

The pink is an evening primrose, and until it bloomed this year, I’d completely forgottten I had it (I bought it on clearance last year), and sundrops, which are a day blooming primrose. The Sundrops are a much more robust flower, but I hope the pink primrose is able to get established and spread around a little more – it’s very pretty. (Plus primroses are great for moths who mostly fly at night when most flowers are closed up)

And last… can you believe the pansies in my front porch boxes??

I really only stuck them in there to bridge the cooler days of spring – but they’ve absolutely thrived! I thought they’d get cooked as soon as we got hot sticky weather, but so far… they are handling it just fine. If they are like this for the rest of the summer, pansies may be my go to from now on!

What’s thriving in your garden