And so we're in June.

Just a quick update, mostly photos:

First of all, the Saddest Oriental Poppy EVER.  She should be like two-three feet high, with many splendid luminous huge tissue-paper flowers, but since she was only planted a few weeks ago, this is what we get for this year.  We can only look forward to 2018...

 

In the category of roses, first of all, this weirdly foreshortened picture of the first blossom on Sharifa Osma, who is in a big pot on the porch. What I wish I could somehow post/share is the fragrance of this bloom, which is intoxicating.

 

And in other rose news, here are the first early blooms of The Generous Gardener.

 

Also! The mountain laurel / Kalmia Latifolia blooms have begun opening!  They are actually very small (not well shown in this photo), and very exquisite.