Near the end of June, I walked the home garden and took some photos of flowering trees, shrubs, and perennials, a few of which are shared here now.

A well-established mock orange (philadelphus coronarius) was covered in sweet-smelling flowers.  This is a foundation planting on the east-side slopes, outshining all others around.

Peas were in flower in the vegetable garden.

Shrub roses flower for a short period of time, but then take weeks to develop rosehips.

In the greens garden some spring mustard greens were going to flower.

We have many different sedums in the rockeries and borders.   Lance-shaped yellow petals of stonecrop grace the walkways.

We have several types of harebells in the yard.   We like the low-growing carpet campanulas the best.

Our garden tour looped back past the mock orange where we took some more photos.

We have a number of peonies in the yard, each flowering in succession.

Maltese cross (lychnis chalcedonica) readily seeds volunteers so we need to transplant them each year.    They look best in clusters need the back of the perennial border.

Daylilies line the middle of perennial beds and borders in both the front and the back.   They are a reliable performer every year.

We have a honeysuckle vine on the trellis at the back.   The tubular flowers attract hummingbirds in the summer.

Every few days I go out into the garden with my camera and try to capture some images.   The best photos are the results of the right light, careful focus and composition, and tweaking in the post-processing stage.   More to come…