The Garden of the Seasons: The Early Growing Months in a New England Perennials Garden

 

Old Roses, still blooming every summer in June.

Below, flowers in June: Red Campion. The yellow blossom is Coreopsis Helios, or "Tickseed."

The slate path through the backyard garden.

Pink rose blossoms in June. The hanging birdfeeder is well behind amid raspberry bushes.

Against the garden's back fence -- largely erased by the tall shrub and Arbor vita evergreens -- on the left the Japanese red maple. On the right, the Korean Lilac tree in flower.

The Lilacs, early June, in strong light.

Back in May, a flowering Azalea.

The next four photos are of Crocuses, in April. Among the first to flower, and the first to pass.

With yellow blossoms and violet-tinged leaves that look army-brown in dull light, these are Lysimachia vulgaris. They bloom in late June, many of the blossoms still hanging on in late July. The plant is a spreader, and will take its neighbor's space and sunlight. 

An Asiatic Lilly blossoming in our part- to largely shaded front yard.

These are the last of our white Peonies, blooming close to the ground.

Another moment in June. The purple flowers are Spiderwort. Behind them, the white blossoms of Rosa Multiflora.