June

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>My Garden in 2003</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Garden in 2003"><U><B>My Garden in 2003</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January"><U>January</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February"><U>February</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March"><U>March</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April"><U>April</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May"><U>May</U></A>   |   June</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="19ea5dc0.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Hard to see with all our brilliant California sunshine, but the trellis has clematis blooming, with gladioli and day lilies around.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a0a5dc0.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> And the oleander has started its show, which should last until Halloween.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> June</div> <div> Spring is done, and summer is here.  I think the month will end in a blaze of fuchsia gladioli, but there was a lot of color all month.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16f96c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="171c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="173c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Day lilies!  The "red" ones in the box out front, and the more traditional orange ones mixed in with Asiatic "Star gazer" lilies out back.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="175c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="177c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="17996c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Several shots of the Star gazers - a sweetly scented addition that is proliferating into other locations.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17bc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="17dc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Flowers out front - the gazanias are 9-year survivors of my move, and the yellow-white lilies are in the white garden.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17f96c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="18196c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="18396c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here are two shots of gladioli - the striped purple is stunning, and the fuchsia ones delight the neighbors walking past.  The red flowers on the left were a new addition from the Alameda County Fair sale last year.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="185c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="18796c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These are columbines - I got them by mail from White Flower Farms several years ago, and, with the wood asters, are reminders of the woodland flowers back East.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="189c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="18bc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="18dc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here are my first dahlias - the leftmost are much larger that the others, and grow under the arbor in my back garden.  All of them have challenges with snails, who seem to find their initial shoots most yummy.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18f96c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="19196c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fancy pigmy calla lilies - yellow on left, and pink on the right.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="19396c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="195c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> More Asiatic lilies in the front color garden.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="198c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="19ac8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Finally, the agapanthus are starting to bloom - the white ones along the fence out back first, with blue to follow in a week or so.  And these lily-like flowers growing over under the power meter - they just keep coming up, blooming sporadically, with no care.  Go figure.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>