June flowers in Calgary zone 3

Here's some of what we have to look forward to over the next month.  (Finally, there are enough pictures from last year that I actually have to break each collage down into separate areas of the garden!)  So, here is a little tour of what was blooming in my Calgary garden in June 2008.  To find more information about these plants you can go to the June 2008 archives.
This is the front "welcome garden", which was completed in 2007.  Clockwise from top left: view from the sidewalk; alliums and snowdrop anemone; sedum acre; shasta daisies; cranesbill geranium; iris germanica, alliums and shasta daisies; more daisies; euphorbia; snowdrop anemone.

Here's the shade garden closer to the front of the house.  It is still a work in progress and I expect it to improve once I get that tree taken down... this fall I hope!  Clockwise from top left: muscari and bleeding heart; virginia bluebells; bleeding heart; lily of the valley; leopard's bane.

The side garden is supposed to be low maintenance because nobody but the neighbours really see it.  It is on the south side of the house and very dry.  Left to right: iris germanica 'bounty'; snow-in-summer; the view from the front corner of the neighbour's house; sweet rocket.

Here's the butterfly/hummingbird/potager garden around the south back patio.  Because I have a tendency towards pink flowers, I am trying to restrict myself to warmer colours here - both to attract hummingbirds and also just to be different from the rest of the garden (you can tell I find it difficult to restrict myself since I could only narrow down this area to butterfly/hummingbird/edibles!!)  Clockwise from top left: red peony; raised beds with lettuce, carrots and spinach plus peas growing on the trellis; siberian iris; peony and cornflower; cornflower close-up.

And finally, the back "adventure hill garden" that was completed last year (more or less!)  I call it an adventure garden because it has pathways throughout designed to let the kids roam the garden (or play chase!)  Left to right, top to bottom: snowdrop anemone and iris germanica; sea thrift; clematis alpina; bergenia; johnny jump-up; catmint, sea thrift and moss phlox; ornamental allium and iceland poppies; peony and siberian iris; cranesbill geranium 'Johnson's blue'; moss (arctic) phlox; iris germanica and iceland poppies.

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Its very useful article for us. Having a small garden of fresh flowers, the fresh flowers in your backyard garden is a beautiful extension of you. I like it