My name is Chris Buscemi, and I live in Wells, Maine. You have posted my photos in the past (see A Profusion of Pink in Maine). Here are some of my favorite photos this year so far.
This is in my front yard. I planted a pollinator garden full of pink coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea, Zones 3–8) and different-colored phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 4–8) and grasses. It is overflowing with bees, butterflies, and my favorite hummingbird sphinx moth.
Chairs to sit in and enjoy the garden
A butterfly visits the purple coneflowers.
My favorite annual for shade is Browalia speciosa (Zones 9–10). Here it is blooming next to a big clump of Hakonechloa macra (Zones 5–9).
In spring my ‘Bartzella’ peony (Paeonia ‘Bartzella’, Zones 3–9) bloomed for the first time. I purchased it bare root three years ago.
A swallowtail butterfly visits a fragrant bunch of lilac flowers (Syringa vulgaris, Zones 3–7).
Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum, Zones 5–8) in full spring bloom.
A sea of purple coneflowers
Angelique tulips (Tulipa ‘Angelique’, Zones 3–8) and grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum, Zones 4–8)
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