New Bloomers (NO, not that kind of bloomers!)

It rained all weekend. Since I was out of town all weekend, it was perfect! The garden got some much needed moisture.  After work today I went out to see what new blooms I had. 

I was surprised to find quite a few that are blooming 3 weeks earlier than last year.

I love this white with black markings poppy called 'Royal Wedding'.

I purchased it from Breck's and planted it in the fall of 2009.  This is 2012. I expected it to be a huge plant by now. Unfortunately it's still small with just another couple of buds to open.  I guess the "third year it leaps" is not true for poppies.  I have six poppies from Brecks planted in this area (3 varieties)and all six are still tiny.  On the bright side they are at least alive.

This white bloom is an heirloom plant from my mother-in-law who got it from her parent's farm when she was first married. She is now 83 years old.  So this lovely fragrant flower came from an original plant that is well over half a century old!

My MIL calls it 'Sweet Annie'.  I think it's an herb.

I may have mentioned that I planted my aqua milk cans with Sedum Autumn Joy.  I have tons of it, so I just dug up a few and stuck them in plastic pots that would fit inside the milk cans.

SAJ is the easiest plant I have to grow. It does not need much water, so it's perfect for the lazy gardener I have become. :) It is also most cost effective and who does not want to save a few bucks these days?

My garden is all pastel right now.  I was thrilled to see that the lupine I moved last year gave me one bloom.

You can see the 'Royal Wedding' poppy behind it.

The last new flower I found was this magenta spiderwort.  I like spiderwort, but it tends to overtake an area, so I am always removing huge chunks from my gardens.

I forgot the name of this plant, so I had to search  my own blog.  I was amazed to find that last year on June 21st, I did a 'what's blooming now' post with all of these same plants!  I guess the warm winter has caused them all to bloom very early this year.

I hope to get around to visiting all of your blogs soon. When I am out of town all weekend and working all week, it's tough to maintain my garden and visit blogs!  I really need a few more hours in my day.