June Garden Pictures & Bloom Times

 Digitalis purpurea June 2011

Nectaroscordum siculum June 2011

 Oenothera versicolor June 2011

Penstemon serrulatus June 2011

 Thymus doerfleri 'Doone Valley'

Below is a list of plants that began to bloom in my garden in Seattle in June 2010. I recorded the date when the 1st flower opened, not when they were in bud. I think this information is helpful in planning your garden. If you have room for more plants that bloom in June, you can choose something new that will bloom along with something you already have, or you can fill temporal gaps between blooms.  Nurseries in Seattle usually sell plants when they are in bloom. I have included dates from previous years. Weather conditions probably account for most of the difference in bloom times.

June 2011 was cooler & drier than normal.  The average daily high temperature was 66.8F/19.3C.  The normal average daily high temperature is 70F/21.1C.  The highest temperature was 80F/26.6C, the lowest 38F/3.3C.  We had 0.67 inches of rain, 1.11 less than normal.  However, there were 1.25 inches in the rain gauge in my garden.  It rained on 13 days.  There were 13 cloudy days, 12 partly cloudy days & 5 sunny days.

06-01-11 Rhododendron 'Sappho' 5-04-10, 5-20-09, 5-18-08

06-02-11 Digitalis purpurea 5-26-09, 5-25-08

06-02-11 Erigeron glaucus 5-08-10. 5-29-09, 5-18-08

06-02-11 Paeonia 'Flame' 5-11-10, 5-25-09, 5-25-08

06-02-11 Rhododendron 'Purple Splendour' 5-26-09

06-03-11 Geranium cantabrigiense 5-15-10, 5-20-09, 5-18-08

06-03-11 Geranium orientalitibeticum 5-25-09

06-04-11 Campanula portenschlagiana 5-18-10

06-04-11 Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria' 5-10-10, 5-30-09, 5-28-08

06-04-11 Rhododendron macrophyllum 5-18-10, 5-26-09, 5-18-08

06-05-11 Allium unifolium 5-27-10, 5-30-09, 5-25-08

06-05-11 Linnea borealis

06-05-11 Sisyrinchium californicum 5-25-10, 6-05-09, 6-12-08

06-05-11 Stachys chrysantha

06-06-11 Iris hartwegii 5-13-10

06-06-11 Sedum obtusatum 6-02-10, 6-03-08

06-07-11 Oenothera versicolor

06-07-11 Penstemon x mexicali 5-16-10, 6-05-09. 6-03-08

06-07-11 Rosa rugosa 'Hansa' 5-18-10

06-09-11 Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus 5-25-10, 5-25-09

06-09-11 Kniphofia nelsonii 5-14-10, 6-01-09, 5-28-08

06-10-11 Penstemon serrulatus 5-30-10, 6-5-09, 6-12-08

06-10-11 Sisyrinchium striatum

06-11-11 Magnolia ashei  6-04-09, 6-03-10

06-11-11 Rosa nutkana

06-13-11 Digitalis obscura 06-05-09, 6-05-08

06-13-11 Lupinus arboreus

06-13-11 Rosa glauca  6-05-08,

06-14-11 Campanula persicifolia  6-09-10, 6-10-09

06-14-11 Lychnis coronaria

06-14-11 Thymus argenteus

06-15-11 Aruncus aethusifolius  6-02-10, 6-11-09, 6-21-08

06-15-11 Tanacetum parthenium

06-17-11 Paeonia 'Mischief'

06-18-11 Campanula poscharskyana  6-11-10, 5-26-09, 6-12-08

06-18-11 Digitalis lutea  6-02-10, 6-22-08

06-21-11 Allium cernuum  6-18-10, 6-12-09, 6-22-08

06-21-11 Digitalis dubia

06-21-11 Penstemon pinifolius  6-04-10, 6-11-09, 6-22-08

06-21-11 Sedum aizoon  6-23-10, 6-23-09

06-21-11 Sedum forsterianum 6-22-08

06-22-11 Clematis integrifolia  6-11-10, 6-11-09

06-22-11 Paeonia 'Nippon Beauty' 6-03-09

06-23-11 Sedum sexangulare  6-26-10, 6-16-09, 7-06-08

06-23-11 Stachys byzantina 6-18-08

06-25-11 Hypericum ‘Hidcote’  6-06-10, 6-10-09, 6-20-08

06-26-11 Erigeron 'Blue Beauty' 6-11-09

06-26-11 Prunella vulgaris

06-27-11 Acanthus hungaricus

06-27-11 Achillea millefolium

06-28-11 Hebe salicifolia  6-14-10, 6-16-09, 7-10-08

06-29-11 Triteleia ‘Queen Fabiola’  6-23-10, 6-11-09, 6-22-08

06-29-11 Ligularia stenocephala ‘The Rocket’  6-21-10, 7-06-08

06-29-11 Sedum dasyphyllum  6-26-10, 6-16-09, 6-25-08

06-30-11 Aconitum napellus 6-21-09. 6-30-08