Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 11 - The bee and the lupine

A bee being busy all around the lupine.



See what I mean about all around the lupine?



Finally, the bee stopped long enough for me to get a pretty good shot.



I like this one, too. I was lucky to get it since the bee took off afterwards.

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 10 - Gunnera and Hosta

That is one of the Adirondack chairs you've seen in other Schreiner's Iris Gardens' posts. It gives you some idea of how huge these leaves are on this gunnera!



The birdhouse on the pole gives you an idea, too.



This stuff is part of it, too.



Massive even though these leaves have not yet opened.



What could have made this grow in a curve?



Here's Leland in another Adirondack chair--he's not quite six feet tall--for more perspective.



And here's Leland taking a photo, more perspective. You'd have to have a really big yard to include a gunnera.



Hosta beside the path to the backyard of the house between the front gardens and the demonstration gardens.



These leaves capture sunshine so beautifully!



I really like the hosta beside the rhododendron.

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 9 - Clematis and Columbine

Columbine with lupine in the background.



Columbine.



Columbine.



Columbine with allium beside it.



Clematis. One of my favorite photos from Memorial Day.



Clematis. A slightly different photo.



Columbine.

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 8 - Adirondack Row

There, in the background, one of the well-placed, colorful Adirondack chairs. I wanted you to be able to read the sign which is also in the next photo, a wider shot.



I noticed another bowl of water at the entrance to the demonstration gardens, but I didn't notice any dogs.



I call this Adirondack Row. To me, these chairs enhance the gardens beautifully.



This one's a bit crooked, but I like it anyway. I was trying for depth of field, I think you call it, with the green one in focus and the others not; also, the bench is a bit out of focus, too. If I try to straighten it, I bet I'll lose part of the back of that green one. I'm pretty tired and need to go to bed, so I won't try it. (I'm doing this post on Tuesday night, for Wednesday.)



Looking at Adirondack Row from the other end of the gardens.



Trying that depth of field thing again, if that's the correct term. I like this photo, too.

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 7 - Poppies and Peonies

Orange poppies with lots of petals.



Delicate pink color. Were they poppies? Were they poppies? I didn't walk around to the other side to find out for sure.



Robust red poppies.



Red poppies with lots of petals.



Is this peony pale pink? Pale orange? I believe it's a lovely tone of the two of them at their most pale.



Another lovely combination of color in these peonies.



I tried to get creative here with the three blossoms from the photo above and focus on the one in the center--this is straight out of the camera--but there's too much of that out-of-focus bloom on the left, in my opinion. I'm not taking the time to crop it. Should I have done that?



Every time I look at this lovely pink peony, I'm amazed that these are flower petals, not feathers!



Another lovely pink peony from the same plant.



There's fire in this beautiful poppy.



This beautiful poppy reminds me of Crayola Crayons.



There's a teensy tiny, big-eyed fly on the poppy in the center. Wow.