My first
Crimson Pirate


Other blooms in the garden this morning:
Divine Comedy:FFO


Lois Burns:


Kwanso?:


Parisian Adventure:


Heavens Portals:


Some NOIDs blooming in the garden today:

This toothy twosome was waiting for me this morning:

JOHN KULPA



I also found a rebloom scape and my first scapes on plants not new this spring!

Oh! I want the one of your's, Seed, that grows the butterfly/moth on its petals! (I can never get a shot like that! Jealous!!) James has got some impressive teeth to bite into the new month with, too ... up, up and away to zones 5 and warmer, weeee!

Seedfork - I really like the color and form of your fourth NOID!

James - JOHN KULPA looks like a wonderful toothy daylily!

Thank you for the thread, Seed.

Sanford Toad Hall. These two blooms are right next to each other and the photos were taken 30 seconds apart. The first bloom is facing north and the second bloom is facing east. Look at the apparent textural difference. (STH seems to be very susceptible to thrip damage and I even actually sprayed them. They looked like this last year, too.)



Bold Move

Pretty blooms everyone! I see James is wearing a toothy grin today. ;-)

Cool info on Sanford Toad Hall!

Seedfork, your picture of Crimson Pirate makes me want to go rescue mine. I saw another in the Red Thread

I've never really paid it much attention after planting the box store bare-roots at the far end of my garage. Both little clumps have had a hard life, they might reward me with some pleasing red blooms if I offer them fresh soil, water, and mulch?

I've got a perfect spot and errands to run anyway. Hmm, I think Hem. "Route Sixty Six" is down there too hidden in a mess of gladioli. It's a nice red too. Baked clay, I'll take the steel spade!

chalyse,
You know I am glad you mentioned that, I passed up a lot of nice butterfly shots today. I was noticing that there were insects of all kinds on the flowers this morning, yesterday too. Bees (the smallest I had ever seen) flies, ants, all sorts of creatures, fuzzy caterpillars (don't think they should be on my daylilies) and yes butterflies too, with hummers flying around. I wasn't really trying for the photo, there were just so many insects they kept getting in the pictures.I guess that is a good sign, but looking at my hostas this morning I was not so happy about it, plus my dahlias look like bird shot was fired at them. Normally if you look close in my photos you will find some kind of insect or maybe a frog or lizard hanging around. I sometimes have to make an effort to snap a photo without something crawling around on the blooms.

Jim BRAZLETON seedling I grow


BROADWAY ATTRACTION


CAPTAIN PETE


CHARLESTON CHARM


COLUMBIAN EMERLADS


JANE'S PRISM


LARRY'S TWILIGHT BITE


MUNCHY CRUNCHY


NEW DAY SUNSHINE


OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN


SISTER MAGIC


STENCILED INFUSION


STICK FIGURE


TAVARES TOWERING INFERNO


THE FANTASTIC BARBARA WATTS


TOOTH TALK


WHISPERED BLESSINGS

I can't believe it is June already!

Great pictures everyone!

Oh, I love them ALL Michele!

Michele - Wow! Those are absolutely divine!!!!

The Captain and The Prism!

Michele...Wow! What a collection of beauties. Beautiful patterned eyes, and lots of teeth. Well done. Great pix.

Jumping Jack yesterday

Nice! I love the throat on JJ!

June is busting out all over.

sure is, all over the world, thank goodness! and I'm loving JJ's throat, too ... at least for now it has shown sprinkled freckles on the applique ... crossing fingers that they appear routinely.

Jumping Jack makes me do