All beautiful...what is that with the red 'cone' buds opening to lavender bloom? That's unfamiliar to me.....sure striking.

Thank you Carol, I do remember throwing out some columbine last year.
Sherry - the red spikes are a Primrose (Primula vialii 'Miracle')

A primula...wow. I'll have to look that one up, haven't grown any primulas in many years.

Verbascum chaixii album.....



When I was first given seeds of this verbascum some years ago, it seemed to take a couple of years top get it up and flowering. Then it made itself at home and began seeding into other pots around it so that now I have a continuing supply. This one is the first to flower, having seeded itself into a large pot. Love, love all the verbascums.

That's a lovely verbascum

My dwarf agapanthus is just starting to make its buds, so it will be for June.

In the meantime spider plants blooming happily. Really loves the warm temps

Sherry is that verbascum a perennial rather than a biennial? If so, I may look for that for my herb garden. I've been having my sister in eastern Washington bring me a common mullein (V. thapsus) every spring to fill that slot. She is always chastising me, telling me there are much prettier verbascums out there (yours is gorgeous).

Although I rather like my big thugs...and they don't reseed for me.

I love v. thapsus also. I use it in pots where it's admired as a velvet leaved plant and then I explain what it's going to do when it flowers also. I find that I like it in pots when in flower also. The v. chaixii album is a perennial. A quick run through my seed bags tells me that I don't have any saved, but I'll have seed from the one that's currently flowering if you'd like some. T-mail a mailing address to me if you want some....