I sowed the Artic Fires (Dianthus deltoides ‘Arctic Fire’) last year and they are finally blooming.
It will be interesting to see weather they make it through the winter because the sports I moved them to is a bit challenging when it comes to overwintering.
For the safety’s sake I sowed some more for the coming spring. Just to be on the safe side.
The Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) started blooming a bit later this year because of the cold spring.
Bees and butterflies love the flowers and during a sunny day there is a constant buzzing going on.
One of the most reliable annuals I grow and starts blooming early, usually around the midsummer up here in the north.
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is blooming. The spring was cool and the flowers opened a bit later this year.
Each autumn I faithfully collect the seeds for the next year.
Not quite sure about the variety. It has been grown by us for more than 20 years. Anyway its suitable for our climate. Grows quickly during the long summer days and blooms early.
It has been a good summer for the Danish Flags (Papaver somniferum ‘Danish Flag’). Have plenty of them blooming in the summer cottage.
I have always loved the colors. They are so bright and pure.
The blooms only last a day or so but the seedcases are beautiful as well. With this amount of blooms I will be able to harvest plenty of seeds for the next year.
I have not grown Paper Daisies (Rhodanthe manglesii) for a while but now I wonder why.
They are beautiful and I always end up drying some for a vase.
The texture of the flowers is funny and quite unique and the only thing they require is sunshine.
I usually grow my aquilegias from seed even though it takes two to three years from them to start blooming up here in the north.
With William Guiness (Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’) I made an exception and bought a root ball.
The color of this aquilegia is very dark purple and it sort of needs a suitable background to stand out. The shape though is beautiful and stems tall.
Though having the May in its name the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemym ‘May Queen’) starts to bloom in June up here in the north.
The month of June has been exceptionally warm. Usually the weather is quite cool but not this year.
Everything grows fast and soon the lilies will open their flowers.
The snowball bush (Viburnum opulus) is blooming .
In the beginning the blooms are light green and then turn to white.
Originally we only had one bush but I managed to create two more by bending a branch to the ground and letting it grow roots. Then moving the new bush to another location.
Moss Phlox White Delight (Phlox subulata ‘White Delight’) is blooming at its best at the moment.
It seems to do well in a spot which is only inches away from the lake but receives ten hours of direct sunlight every day.
It is a hard place for any other plant because the temperature rises so high during sunny days.
I renewed one of the flowerbeds last year and thought that I lost the Snowdrop Windflowers (Anemone sylvestris) that I had.
Luckily few of them started to bloom this year.
It seems to be a very though plant and is not sensitive to rough handling.
