I am not ready to let summer go. Here is one of my peonies from June of this year.

Pink peony blossom

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The local Garden Club has a flower show every three months and recently had this beauty on display. My roses are almost done for the season, but this one is still so beautiful.

Frilly and fabulous red rose in full bloom at the Chinook District Garden Club flower show

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A lovely Peace rose, close up, from the archives:

Peace rose in the garden at sunset

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This huge sunflower in my garden wasn’t quite ripe as of last week, but I thought I’d better get a photo now before the birds and squirrels discovered the delicious seeds.

Giant sunflower ripens its seeds, in a beautiful pattern

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This blue hydrangea flower, and the roses behind it, are from my garden. I’ll be away for a little bit; back soon with ocean photos!

Deep blue hydrangea flower up close in a bouquet

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If you haven’t been to the Dahlia Garden in the big lawn across from the Conservatory in Volunteer Park in Seattle, it’s time right now for a visit. Put “dahlia” in the search field to the right to pull up more posts showing this stunning garden, free to stroll and photograph.

Glorious yellow dahlia with red tips

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The big rains we had recently had an upside besides the garden and lawn’s deep soaking. Roses do not like to be rained on, but if you get out there during a break, you might find some beauty.

Snowfire rose with raindrops in the garden

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My next door neighbor has a Chinese dogwood tree planted on our common property line, and we are lucky to enjoy the blossoms every spring. This tree is getting pretty big already and I’ve read that they can get to 30 feet tall. Whew.

White Chinese dogwood tree blossoms in close up, about 3″ or 10 cm. across

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My roses look like they are going to be really good this year. A combination of alfalfa meal (slow acting) and shameful systemic rose food has finally come together for a sturdy, healthy and abundant bunch of buds.

One rosebud gets ready to bloom

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Finally, those fat peony buds are opening. We’ve had two warm days and the peonies and the roses have leapt into bloom. We are happy.

A pink peony blooms in my Seattle garden

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