I will lead off this very late Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day post with a lovely little anemone that came from the NARGS seed exchange three years ago.  It’s not spreading but seems to be holding its own in the Monument bed.

I am always surprised that two of Arisaemas hold off until June.  Their colleagues begin back in April.  But just when you think that winter has finished them off, the Arisaema candidissimum and Arisaema fargesii come popping up through the ground.

It is also surprising to see the Freesia laxa return every year.

According to the books this little corm is not viable in our climate.  Not only has it returned but it’s jumped the tracks and moved to another garden bed as well.

I have it growing now next to the reliable Brodiaea ‘Queen Fabiola’.

That’s a white Callirhoe in the front of the image.

And they all mix together like this.

In the same garden bed we have a bright yellow Butterfly Weed.

This is very popular with all the butterflies and bees.  For example this swallowtail was cruising around the yard.

Nearby we find a lovely clematis growing up a trellis.

Also by the garage there is a marvelous foxtail lily that came from Far Reaches.

Back in the monument bed there is the first of the Asiatic lillies coming out.

And a chinese ground orchid that is a little taller than our other ground orchids.

Back in the Camellia bed, emerging through the rapidly growing Japanese Anemones is a very pretty Astrantia.

If we go back to the Alpine bed, as I do several times a day, a very nice dwarf plant in the Campanulaceae is just finishing.  I cannot read the label but I suspect it’s an Edraianthus.

Just finished now is also another pasque flower.

Also in the alpine bed is a new gentian that we found at Oliver Nursery this spring.

In the greenhouse there are a few picture-worthy objects as well.

This is a two-foot tall Ornithogalum that came from the PBS bulb exchange.

Another PBS acquisition is this Pine Woods Lily.

I almost forgot to mention the Stewartia.  It has been a consistent flowering tree for June 15th.  This year it is loaded with flowers but only one is actually open now.

However, life is not flowers alone.  It is the peak time for our berries, especially the blueberries.

It’s a joy picking blueberries.  We brought in gallons last night.  I’m convinced the only reason we can do so is that just behind the garden we have a very large mulberry tree and an equally large Bird Cherry that provide even greater interest for the birds.

Speaking of birds I’ve seen some really nice ones on my early morning bird watching including this Baltimore Oriole yesterday.

Well, that’s a glimpse of our garden right now.  What’s happening in your garden?