End of June garden update.

 I can never remember what's in flower at what point in the summer. So when I decided to play with the macro setting on my camera I took pictures of what is in flower right now.

My Pansies have been going strong since mid April. I expect them to droop soon, when we get some summer heat.

 

Most of the Iris varieties have been and gone but there a couple of varieties that are still flowering or just into bud.

The blue Baptista (False Indigo) has finished but the yellow is still in flower.

Bee Balm have just opened.

I'm not sure what this is. It looks like it could be a Loosestrife but it is not Gooseneck. I had that once and it is very aggressive/invasive.

I know this as Evening Primsose but the other day someone called it a Sundrop. Quick Google search says both names are correct and that it is native to North America.

Coreopsis.

Some of my daisies I have grown from gifted seeds. I think this was called Crazy Daisy.

This is a Shasta and I have tons of them. They have just started to bloom and will last quite a while.

The Day Lilies have just started. I have red, yellow and gold as well as tons of the orange Ditch Lilies.

No idea what this is. It is a couple of feet tall and I purchased it at Northland Nursery.

I believe this is a Mock Orange shrub and it has been flowering for a couple of weeks. It is a few years old and this is the best showing so far. Either it has matured or, like so much in the garden, it has loved this cool, wet spring.

My camera has a very difficult time getting focused on stems of small flowers

especially if they a moving a bit in the breeze. Coral Bells.

A Saturday walk around Silver Lake resulted in sightings of 

turtles

 

and

a Heron.