This week in the garden. Week 2, May 17

It's amazing how much can change in just a few days.  The antique rose bush from last week's bloom is now covered in blossoms, and the antique cameo pink climbing rose that Mom and I started from a clipping  20 years ago (from a bush belonging to Mrs. P.H. Zirkle) is starting to bloom as well.  We think it's likely a variety called New Dawn, which was the first plant to be patented in the US.  Blooms are small to medium, and the fragrance is just delightful, but wow...it grows FAST!   The hybrid tea climber 'Peace' has one bloom and several buds, and is trying to overtake my spirea bush.   There are more clematis blooming, more peonies, several spiderworts, and some other little treats, as well.  I hope you enjoy my garden, and will visit Candy at The Little Round Table, as she hosts This Week in My Garden each week, and add your own garden pictures to the party, as well!  I also joined Jean at It's Bloomin' Tuesday! Stop in and smell the roses!

 

'Niobe'

'Belle of Woking'

Viburnum 'Blueberry Muffin'   (and just wait til you see the berries later!)

Peonies 'Raspberry Sundae' and 'Bowl of Beauty'

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Peony 'Karl Rosenfield'

Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Thalictrum aquilegifolium (Meadow Rue, columbine leaf variety)

Tradescantia (Spiderwort) 'Lilac Frost'

Tradescantia (Spiderwort) 'Concord Grape'

Mixed Spiderworts

Baptisia australis (False Indigo)

Digitalis (Foxglove 'Foxy')