What’s Blooming on a Rainy May Morning?

The garden was in full spring bloom when a gentle rain arrived on May 4th. Here are the native plants that were blooming in mid-spring. Non-natives are marked with an asterisk. The garden felt lush and welcoming. Click on any image for a larger view.

Front Garden

Barbara’s Buttons, Smalls’ Beardtongue, Salvia Hot Lips*, Carolina Cranesbill, hydrangea, Tangerine Beauty crossvine, baptisia, oakleaf hydrangea, Major Wheeler honeysuckle, hens and chicks*, Whirling Butterflies gaura, and an overview of Suncurve.

Dry Stream Bed

Indian pink, baptisia, violets and sedum*, spiderwort, and Solomon’s seal*.

Stream and Bog Garden

Probably an native iris, probably a non-native iris*, and a bog fill of pitcher plants and American cranberry.

Fern Hill

Maidenhair ferns, Christmas ferns, and Solomon’s seal*; Indian pink; and more ferns, green and gold, and spiderwort.

Back Forty

Itea, elderberries, and rhododendron.