The start of Lily Season June 12^th Click image for enlargement.
	These Lilies are mostly rescue plants from our local Quality Foods store. The unsold ones that are in such bad shape no one wants them. They are all on the south(ish) side of the house up against the basement wall and are the first to bloom. We don't get to pick colours, and we often don't know what we got till the next summer. (12:06:2023)
The group includes these bright yellow. (12:06:2023)
	Some are pink. (12:06:2023)
There's a combination of yellow and red. (12:06:2023)
	And some solid orange. (12:06:2023)
Not far away the first Tiger Lily is blooming. (12:06:2023)
	Borage seeds itself and can be a weed, but we leave some to provide a contrast to all those lilies. (12:06:2023)
This clump was starting to bloom last week and is still going strong. (12:06:2023)
	One of the Jacob's Coat blossom heads on the south side of the back deck. This is the plant that was moved from the front yard last spring and this one head has more blossoms that the plant had in three years in its previous location. (13:06:2023)
These are the first lilies to bloom in the bed beside the driveway. They are close to the peonies, which are almost finished. (13:06:2023)
	This may be our only big poppy and it was nearly finished when I spotted it! (15:06:2023)
The yellow rose under the dogwood is still blooming reliably. (15:06:2023)
	There will be a whole bouquet of red lilies soon! (15:06:2023)
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