I should have waited until today (June 15) to take pictures, because there are several more things blooming today compared to yesterday (thanks to the heat, finally!), but anyway, here you go:
Clockwise from top left: pulmonaria still blooming in the butterfly potager; bearded iris, iceland poppies, ornamental allium, moss phlox, and bergenia in the adventure hill garden; spurges, bearded iris and ornamental allium in the front welcome garden (and there's a pretty patch of white snowdrop anemones waaaay back in front of the brick chimney); leopard's bane and bleeding heart in the front woodland garden; bergenia, leopard's bane and snowdrop anemone in the shady side of the back hill.
And because someone asked, here is the side garden with the "automatic" rain barrel watering system. I went and got a "sprinkler hose" rather than a soaker hose, and the barrels drain much faster now. The clematis are definitely happier this year and even the "drought tolerant" perennials such as echinops (globe thistle) appreciate the extra water - the globe thistle seems to grow visibly each day now! (This is what this area looked like last year at this time.) Snow-in-summer and hesperalis matronalis (sweet rocket) are just starting to bloom here.
And finally, a few more close-ups just because you can't see everything in the collages above! Also blooming, clockwise from top left: allium, bearded iris and iceland poppies; cushion spurge and bearded iris;clematis macropetala 'Bluebird'; anemone sylvestris (snowdrop anemone); bergenia still going strong with yellow iceland poppies in the background; geranium (cranesbill) 'Johnson's blue'; lily of the valley; bearded iris, sea thrift and moss phlox; lilacs.
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