What's looking good in June 2017

[tbendl]

Full sun to part shade. Wet, medium, or dry soil. I've got them in my very dry, never-watered garden as well as in my bog.

How large do they get? I thought you had some in your bog!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

How large do they get? I thought you had some in your bog!

Depends on the specie. Mine get to about 2.5 feet, occasionally taller which leads to them flopping over, but some species are only around a foot tall.

 

[tbendl]

You know I did some reading on them and think they grow wild in my yard. Different type though, my flowers aren't blue, they are a lilac color. I wish they were blue. I might have to leave them alone in my planters and see though. Are they butterfly and bee friendly?

 

[Larisa]

I have little time for the garden. Therefore, dandelions look best there.
They are cute and fluffy in the afternoon.

And they are malicious saboteurs at night.

 

[tbendl]

@JBtheExplorer is this a spiderwort?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@JBtheExplorer is this a spiderwort?
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Yes!

Small bees love them, like Metallic Green Sweat bees, because they eat the pollen it produces. It doesn't produce any nectar. I've never seen butterflies on them.

 

[tbendl]

Holy cheeky monkey I've been digging these things out of my lawn for years! I will start transplanting them instead. Do they bloom all summer for you?
I started reading and it says to cut them back after they bloom so I was curious about your blooming season for them.
That's so funny that I've been treating them like a weed all while adoring yours.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Do they bloom all summer for you?
I started reading and it says to cut them back after they bloom so I was curious about your blooming season for them. That's so funny that I've been treating them like a weed all while adoring yours.

They bloom from May to July here. I don't cut anything back, but have occasionally seen some flower later in the year after rabbits have chewed them down. The plants seem to grow bigger in full sun, but bloom longer during the day when in part-shade.

 

[zigs]

 

[Stink Bug]

Spider plants doing well.



Mixed pot.



And a basket of Impatiens.

 

[zigs]

Bees are loving the poppies this morning

 

[zigs]

 

[Larisa]

Rhododendrons continue flowering.

Crataegus laevigata "Paul`s Scarlet".

Poppy started flowering.

Acer ginnala Maxim has a strong pleasant aroma.

 

[zigs]

 

[zigs]

Some weeds coming thru the hedge from next door....