The perennial border in mid-summer.

Bearded Irises just before the rain that made them all flop over for the rest of the summer.

Magnificent poppies enjoying an afternoon in June.

A big, blue clematis that Tammi gave me. I have no idea of the cultivar name.

Cypripedium pubescens, or Yellow Lady's Slipper.

Close-up of their charming, shiny pouches, and twisting lateral petals.

Aquilegia x "Clematis Flowered" cultivar in full bloom.

The back yard in June.

Taken from next to the vegetable garden.

Spectacular florescence of the Arisaema tortuosum, a fascinating Asian Aroid.

Inside the shade house. The first season.

Clematis hybrid.