Bloomday May 2015
I rushed out to snap a few Bloomday photos before the promised rainstorm arrived..urgency was not needed as the storm veered away from my neighborhood and not a drop of water was seen in my carefully staged but primitive rain collection system. I had in fact drivin down the valley earlier with my windshield wipers on only to see the pavement get drier as I closed in on home. Couldn't those clouds have moved about 10 miles south before heading east to the Sierra Foothills ??? It seems everything is in bloom this month, and here are just a few offerings for our monthly virtual floralscape , hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. . Clematis Rooguchi is a Bloomday regular . And this is C. Juuli , I wish had had done better at capturing her charming pinwheel petals. The worlds cutest grass, Briza media. My newest grass, Calamagrostis 'Avalanche' sports a reverse variegation pattern from it's brother 'Overdam'. Back in my garden after a f...