GARDEN TOUR Second week of June | Peonies and David Austin Roses!

It's the second week in June and my Peonies are in full bloom and looking particularly spectacular this year! The varieties I have are Karl Rosenfeld (dark pink) and Sarah Bernhardt (light pink). My David Austin 'The Generous Gardener' climbing rose is also in full bloom and smells AMAZING. My knockout rose is blooming but the shrub roses and the new David Austin ' Desdemona' rose haven't yet. The Kousa dogwood is still in bloom. A bunch of perennials like my Allium Sphaerocephalon and coneflowers are being eaten by our resident bunny.

Last fall we overseeded the front lawn with micro clover from Outsidepride. I love the look of it, it makes the lawn look like part of the garden and the bees love it. Clover is in the legume family so it adds nitrogen to the soil. It does use some of the nitrogen it creates, but if you mow and mulch the clover back into the lawn it will decompose and add nitrogen (free fertilizer!) to your lawn.

In the cut flower garden the squash varieties have flowers starting to form. The dahlias are growing and I am now watering them.

We moved the lettuce greenstalk so it gets more afternoon shade. The heat lately hasn't been great for it. The strawberry greenstalk has tons of strawberries getting close to the ripening stage.

In the kitchen garden, the tomatoes are growing in leaps and bounds. Snow Peas and Sugar Snap peas are at the harvest point. In the greenhouse my peppers, eggplant, and basil are all growing nicely!

Lot's going on in the garden. I included a few clips of the peonies and roses taken 2 days after I took this video for comparison.

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