Viola Village
Hurray for May Bloom Day! Thanks to May Dreams Gardens for hosting Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day! Our backyard is the bloomiest it’s EVER been. People at work have said I’ve crossed over to “Flower Floozy” land, and I think they might be right even though I keep denying it. This container is full of Viola ‘Tiger Eyes’, Viola nigra ‘Bowles Black’, Viola ‘Etain’ with Satureja douglasii (Yerba Buena) creeping around. There’s some Aeoniums hanging out, too.
Echium wildpretii continues to rock!
Container experiment
This is our blue/orange container I planted back in early April. I’m liking it so far. There’s a bumble bee checking out Linaria reticulata
‘Flamenco’. I’m hooked on the Cerinthe retorta and Cheiranthus x allionii.
Ageratum corymbosum
Echeveria amoena adorableness
Digitalis obscura "Sunset Foxglove"
Sedum angelina blooming
Fuchsia boliviana
Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'
Fuchsia 'Fanfare'
Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird'
Othonna capensis ‘Little Pickles’
Clarkia breweri
Phygelius capensis ‘Magenta’
Calendula officinalis ‘Bronzed Beauty’
Dudleya & Aeoniums
May 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm
I took one look at your photo of Echium wildprettii and immediately guessed that you must be in San Francisco. You’ve definitely achieved a “sense of place”! Your foxglove and poppy photos are charmingly framed, and I’m not sure whether any photo of that Ageratum could fail to impress.
May 15, 2011 at 2:02 am
Lovely blooms & gorgeous photos
May 15, 2011 at 4:10 am
love that papaver bud opening.
May 15, 2011 at 5:18 am
There’s a lot of gorgeousness going on here. I like your whimsical garden art too.
May 15, 2011 at 6:25 am
I love viola ‘Bowles Black’–excellent color. I now have it seeding all over.
May 15, 2011 at 7:19 am
Merriment indeed! Beautiful, happy flowers, all of which I enjoyed.
May 15, 2011 at 9:38 am
What a nice post from a very different garden! I like your Calendula and Sedum most!
Thank you very much for participate the german GBBD!
Have a nice evening!
Gesine
May 15, 2011 at 9:38 am
Echium , always seem to see that one in all the California post. Pretty cool!
May 16, 2011 at 7:35 am
Yah, it’s a pretty dramatic one out here. Sure sign of spring for us.
May 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm
My Echium wildprettii is doing its thing too but I didn’t add it to my bloomday post. How can you not be impressed by that plant?! And your bowl with the the yerba buena violas is pretty darned cute too. Happy bloomday!
May 15, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Of all the amazing blooms, I’m zeroing in on othonna and Digitalis obscura. Need to get those two. Happy bloom day!
May 15, 2011 at 2:16 pm
What interesting blooms and so different from Maine! Thanks for warming me up on a cold wet day. So nice to connect with you!
May 15, 2011 at 2:28 pm
This post doesn’t exactly make a strong case that you’re not a flower floozy. Lots of great flowers and I have a feeling that Echium wildprettii might be an indicator species for flower floozies. Can’t get much more over the top. I’ve always wanted to grow one.
May 15, 2011 at 8:11 pm
I too am impressed with your post… the photography is great and I particularly like the many succulents! This is great! Larry
May 15, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Beautiful shots of your sedums.
May 15, 2011 at 11:10 pm
I really like your unusual plants, especially the golden sedum angelina. It’s a nice contrast to the large succulent nearby. And a great photo of the emerging ‘ladybird’ poppy!
May 16, 2011 at 2:44 am
Oh my, those things that won’t grow in CT – echium, echeveria, excelling in elegance!
May 16, 2011 at 7:39 am
Back in WI, we were able to get a couple sedums and semps to grow, but nothing lie out here. Now we just can grow this thing that need a cold period or heat.
May 16, 2011 at 3:54 am
You just reminded me that I have ‘Bowles’ Black’ in bloom too, and forgot to post it! I like it your combination with ‘Tiger Eyes’ And love the succulent plantings – so many interesting colors and textures.
May 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Wow… what a great selection of blooming plants! I love them. However it was Calendula officinalis ‘Bronzed Beauty’ that has stolen my heart here! Great photos
Happy Bloom Day from Scotland
May 17, 2011 at 6:26 pm
I’ve been getting some crap from local gardeners about planting the Calendula, but I love it!
May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm
you win!
May 18, 2011 at 12:09 am
Your blooms all look outstanding! As usual Matti and Megan your garden is beautiful. Hey, where did spring go. We are getting dumped on and a big hail storm damaged a bunch of my succulents. But they will survive!
May 19, 2011 at 7:57 am
That Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’ is lovely…
May 23, 2011 at 8:35 am
Dear Megan, dear Matti,
Your garden is really amazing. Everytime I go back on your blog, everytime I dream to have a walk in your garden. I’ m jealous : I would like to have an Echium big flower on my rooftop too !
Congratulations for your nice new blog template, it’s a fresh “summer” look
Claire.