The Peonies are central to our garden right now, but the Clematis are starting to flower, and the Lupins are doing great. We remember them from our visits to the Maritimes, where you can see fields of them!
As you know I like the bright colours best, and I love the central stamens of Clematis blooms, so this photo of the red Clematis growing against the shed is my favourite.
This Clematis has done really well where it gets full sun.
I can't get close to this Clematis, which Mrs. F.G. planted to grow up the Redbud tree in the front yard, but even from a distance it looks great.
I showed you the white one before. It's a new one this year, but it's doing great in its first year.
The Lupins range from this light pink one to ...
And what would you call this colour? I actually like it the best myself. A slightly cooler week, but it's bright and sunny today.
Salmon-coloured! Lovely flowers. I must grab a photo of my clematis!
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are so pretty. Terrific photos.
ReplyDeleteYour clematis are looking so great. I admire the lupines but we just can't seem to grow them here. You have some great colors selected. We are moving into heat now so I have to water to keep things fresh. My day lilies are starting to bud.
ReplyDeleteI love the Lupins and especially that last one. I'm like you in that I love colour.
ReplyDeleteI like lupins and I like red, so this is a good post for me. There’s one spot that I know here that has lupins. I don’t think I’ll get to it this year
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! I hope someday to have a place to plant sun tolerant perennials. At the moment, I'm limited to shade perennials for the front flower bed, and annuals in the containers. I'm adding lupins to my list!
ReplyDeleteThese are all gorgeous blooms. The red lupins are a favourite of mine for sure. We don’t see them often among the wild lupins here.
ReplyDeleteI'd call that colour Raspberry. I can't grow Lupins because they get infested with aphids. Yours are lovely as are the Clematises.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a T-shirt that colour - the manufacturer called it "Paprika"! Whatever you call the colours of all these flowers they are truly beautiful, either close up or from a distance.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours.
ReplyDeleteSo lovley!
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful flowers, all of the colours are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
PS Not sure what colour I'd call your last lupin it's got a slight fuchsia look about it
You do have some great flower photos there. I do like the deep purple lupins.
ReplyDeleteThat red clematis is lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower photos. I need to plant peonies I have in the ground so there will be more than 2 that bloom. My daughter got it for mother's day a few years ago. Purple lupine are pretty 😍 💜 .
ReplyDeleteClematis flowers are beautiful, too bad they don't bloom all summer. Lupines are one of my favorites but they seldom grow here on our acidic heavy clay soils.I'd call the last one salmon or coral-colored.
ReplyDeletegorgeous flowers, my favorite is the purple clematis. the lupin in the last picture, i would call that fushia pink!!
ReplyDeleteI love your Clematis' variety of coloursbut the lupin is beautiful! I've always wished for those and just never taken the plunge in case I kill them. Maybe on my corral hill? I, like Debbie, would call the last one fushia.
ReplyDeleteSuch vibrant colours...glad you can see them so closely.
ReplyDeleteYour Red Clematis is stunning as are the Lupine!
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers! I don’t think I’ve seen a scarlet clematis before.
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