The sunlit center of an Oriental Poppy.

Aquilegia x "Nora Barlow".

Papaver nudicaule, or Icelandic Poppy after a heavy rain.

Papaver nudicaule with a chimera stripe.

Pots on the new patio being planted with summer bulbs, seed-raised Gazania and Brachycombe.

More pots on the patio, most of which are planted already with slow-awakening Summer bulbs.

 

 Dianthus barbatus, or Sweet William are very easy to grow from seed.

Geranium x "Johnson's Blue".

Adlumia fungosa, or climbing fumitory, a biennial vine from the Allegheny Mountains.

Dianthus superbus, with its heavenly scent.

Lonicera sempervirens, or Trumpet Honeysuckle near the chicken run.

Iris siberica petal detail.

Dramatic clouds.

Aquilegia x "Mckana Giants".

Luscious Peony sports the morning dew.

A sweet little Tea Rose I bought at the grocery store for roger, and subsequently planted in the garden where it has happily thrived.

An assortment of Dianthus.

Coreopsis grandflora.

I never get tired of the beauty and alluring fragrance of the Dianthus superbus.