Time for another Six on Saturday! I’m spending every free moment outdoors. Late spring in the Pacific Northwest is pretty much heaven on earth. This will be briefer than usual because the garden is gently calling my name, and photos are never as enticing as the real thing, are they?
ONE – Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’ is lovely this year. She grows up an archway near the perennial beds.
TWO – I could use some help identifying this beauty of a clematis below. She mixes well with hot pink climbing roses about to burst into bloom.
THREE – We added this Weigela ‘Wine and Roses’ when our Viburnum tomentosum broke in half beneath all the winter snow. I’m always on the lookout for ways to add dark foliage to the garden.
FOUR – Delphiniums have begun opening in this week’s hot sun. It seems earlier than most years, but I’m not complaining.
FIVE – The entrance to the veggie garden, where I’m spending great chunks of time, is buzzing with pollinators thanks to this pair of Hydrangea petiolaris.
SIX – I’ll finish with first photos of one edge of the NEW rose garden, which truly deserves its own post! Perhaps this week, especially since these photos were taken in imperfect, bleaching lighting. Neverthless, a trio of young Munstead Wood English roses are loaded with color and sublime fragrance. Nearby is my first foray with color-matching Knautia macedonica.
Thanks go to The Propagator in the U.K. who keeps us garden bloggers on our toes every Saturday.
Gardens at Coppertop 
I want a rose just like yours, but a climber, and it must have really good black spot resistance or it will be hopeless in Cornwall. Re the clematis, have you looked at http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/index.cfm
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Thanks, Jim, I’ll look at that site this week. Good luck on your rose hunt!
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The entrance to the veggie garden is very impressive and Nelly is a show. Bit envious of those delphiniums!
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It’s shaping up to be another great year for delphs! 😉
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Your Nelly Moser looks wonderful. I have Munstead Wood for the first time this year, it is a fabulous colour.
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Yes, Chloris, I’m in love with the color as well.
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I just love that Weigela. What a delicious colour! I planted a white one and it’s quite boring most of the time. Everything in your garden is looking abundant and beautiful.
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Thank you, Jane. I’d been eyeing the wine & roses for a while, and since the snow damage opened up a perfect spot, in it went. New plants are fun!
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GREAT POST and AWESOME photos! Lots of great plants and beautiful colors!
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Thank you! It’s hard to beat June in the garden…
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Awesome veggie garden entrance with these 2 hydrangeas ! I love it !
I grow knautia too and I will post about them next weekend.( I was waiting for them to get more flowers…)
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I hope you are as happy as I am with the Knautia. I’ll watch for your post, Fred. Anything that flowers deep magenta is a winner, in my book.
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I can practically SMELL that gorgeous silky rose! And I have Weigela ‘Wine and Roses’ but it is nothing like as big and floriferous as yours 🤢
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The fragrance is amazing, and I’ve been bringing vase-fuls into the house to enjoy. Maybe your weigela is younger and will catch up soon. 🙂
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My weigela was in a pot until 3 years ago. I think it might be crowded by surrounding hebes and possibly in too shady a spot. Do they like full sun?
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I have found them to be the least picky of plants. Our four varieties flourish in a mix of full sun to part shade.
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Clematis Nelly Moser is a stunner – are those purple geraniums behind?
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Good eye — Geranium Rozanne for the win!
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Your delphiniums are so impressive – I particularly like the white ones. The glimpse though the gate into your veggie garden is enticing, love to see more!
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Thanks so much. I’ve enjoyed growing all the delphs from seed. I do plan to post soon about the veggie garden!
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You’re right! What a beautiful place to be 🙂
The new rose garden is going to be amazing. That purple is so rich and fragrance is such a bonus. For as nice as it looks now I’m already imagining the bushes growing together and making a delicious mass of fragrant flowers. -and the entrance to your veggie garden isn’t all that shabby either, love it!
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Thanks, Frank. The rose garden is coming together, and yes, the dream is to have all the individual plants form masses of color. If I squint, I can just about picture it!
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I am sorry I can not identify the clematis. I can identify most species, but not cultivars, particularly cultivars of species that are uncommon here. It looks like one of the few cultivars that we can get in nurseries here, but I really would not know. ‘Nelly Moser’ happens to be available here, with only a few other cultivars, although none are common.
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Thanks for trying, Tony. I will spend some time on the site Jim mentioned, but if she remains unnamed I guess I will give her a name of my choosing!
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Does it really need a name?
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Beautiful, beautiful. I’d be out in your garden for every available minute as well! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the rose garden
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Thank you! 🙂
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I love the arch to your veg patch! it almost looks like it leads to a secret garden. 🙂
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Nice thought! Nothing secret about the veg garden and orchard, but they do hold treasures.
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Beautiful! Those ‘Munstead Wood’ are to die for!
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Thank you, Eliza! Your bouquet yesterday was so pretty. Ah, peony season!
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Thank you very much!
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Love your archway to the veg patch. I have a couple of those hydrangea but they are taking their time to get going. I would love a climbing version of munstead wood, such a great colour.
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Once your hydrangeas get going, be prepared for loads of pruning. Comes with the joy of having their glossy foliage, simple white blooms, and gorgeous peeling winter bark.
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The entrance to your veggie garden looks truly magical – like a secret garden.
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Thank you! Maybe a great entrance makes garden chores like weeding more pleasurable; maybe not! The graceful Akebia quinata vine between the hydrangeas requires regular clipping, but it provides lots of soft green for composting. Ha!
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