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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2023

May 15, 2023 By Carol 22 Comments

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for May 2023.

Where to begin?

Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are frost-free and there are flowers all over the garden.

I posted a reel on Instagram the other day with some of the columbines in bloom but I don’t think I included this lovely pink one that is growing beside a path. Variety? Anyone’s guess.

The columbines are blooming all over the garden, which I like. After they finish flowering, I’ll let them go to seed and then I’m sure to have more next year.

Here are a few other pictures of flowers that caught my eye early on Sunday morning (after two rain showers on Saturday).

Pink salvia in the pink garden beside the garage.
A better picture of the ‘Bath’s Pink’ dianthus.
This is a mockorange! Proven Winners sent me this plant to trial a few years ago. It’s official name is Philadelphus coronarius ‘Illuminati Arch’. It’s about one foot tall and wide and should get to four feet tall and wide. If it keeps blooming like this every year…
White daisies, the kind that also self-sow all over the garden, but are easy to pull out where you don’t want them.
I planted a bunch of these alliums, Allium schubertii, along the front walk last fall. Not everyone likes flowers that look like sparklers, but I do!
A few violas that overwintered and came back nicely. Always welcome!

I could go on and on showing more flowers… but it would make for much too long of a post and I want to spend time out there enjoying it all, and you want to get to some of the other blogs posting for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day.

(By the way, listening to podcasts about gardening while gardening is supposed to make you happier and make your garden grow better. Don’t believe me? Try it! Listen to The Gardenangelists and let me know how it worked!)

It’s easy to join in for this meme. Just post about what’s blooming in or around your garden on the 15th of the month (give or take) and then leave a link in the Mr. Linky widget and a comment to let us know what you have for us to see. All are welcome because…

“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

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  1. Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardening says

    May 15, 2023 at 8:47 am

    Happy May and Bloom Day Carol! Your blooms are wonderful, especially the columbines and Mock Orange with its those gorgeous white blooms! Gardening season is definitely full speed ahead here on Long Island, with lots of blooms. Stop by and take a look!

    Reply
  2. Dorothy A. Borders says

    May 15, 2023 at 10:26 am

    Beautiful blooms. Thanks for sharing them.

    Reply
  3. Lisa says

    May 15, 2023 at 10:44 am

    Such nice pink salvia. I love mock orange. My parents had a few, large ones. They took so much water though, that when it came to rationing my mother had to stop watering them.

    Reply
  4. Kris P says

    May 15, 2023 at 11:35 am

    Your garden’s looking pretty in pink, Carol. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pink-flowered Salvia like that, or a pink columbine either.

    Reply
  5. Beth@PlantPostings says

    May 15, 2023 at 11:41 am

    May is such a magical month in the Midwest, and of course in May Dreams Gardens. Thanks, again, for hosting, Carol.

    Reply
  6. danger garden says

    May 15, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    Happy May Bloom Day Carol! Love those “flowers that look like sparklers”, I wish they loved me though.

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  7. Martine says

    May 15, 2023 at 1:22 pm

    Hi, my first time joining in with the Bloom Day, looking forward to visiting round the participants.

    Reply
  8. Elena says

    May 15, 2023 at 3:47 pm

    I love the idea of the pink garden–something like the famous Sissinghurst White Garden but in a different color. I may try something like this in my garden in the future: a Blue Garden would be fabulous! Thank you for hosting Bloom Day!

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  9. Alana says

    May 15, 2023 at 3:57 pm

    Another May, another burst of beauty. Your mock orange makes me wish I had more room on my small semi-urban plot – yes, it’s small but not that small. I am also one who would enjoy the “sparkler” allium. Thank you so much for hosting this month after month. I enjoy Bloom Day so much.

    Reply
  10. Amy@Small Sunny Garden says

    May 15, 2023 at 4:21 pm

    Happy May, Carol! The mockorange looks thrilling. And I love self-seeded columbines.
    Thanks for hosting GBBD! 🙂

    Reply
  11. ks says

    May 15, 2023 at 4:34 pm

    Happy Bloomday Carol. Love the pink Columbine-I’m on a mission add several more to my garden.

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  12. Brenda K Johnson says

    May 15, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    How lush your variety of flowers this month! Spring is finally here for all!
    Thanks for hosting our chance to share flowers in bloom, Carol.

    Reply
  13. Candi @ minhus says

    May 15, 2023 at 9:23 pm

    That’s a pretty variety of columbine, whatever it is and I love your pink salvia. Happy May Bloom day!

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  14. Molly Williams says

    May 15, 2023 at 10:39 pm

    The violas are gorgeous, those shades of yellow and purple. You’re only one zone ahead of us but it seems like at least a month apart. We have a forecasted 28F low on this Wednesday!

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  15. Kimberley says

    May 16, 2023 at 12:07 am

    I love your pink columbine and the mock orange! Thank you for continuing to host this every month!

    Reply
  16. Helen Malandrakis says

    May 16, 2023 at 7:26 pm

    All are so lovely, Carol/ I have pink salvia, oriental poppies, Centaurea, and dianthus blooming.

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  17. John Willis says

    May 16, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    Hi Carol, Mock Orange is a nice inspiration. And your pinks are lovely too… — John

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  18. Jerry says

    May 17, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    I love my Philadelphus ‘Illuminati Arch’ as well. Great plant for small places. Looks like you are still a week or two ahead of us in western Oregon in terms of blooming time. Columbines are just beginning to open or send up flower spikes.

    Reply
  19. Robin Ruff Leja says

    May 19, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    Your garden is filled with lovely soft pinks this time of year. Love that!

    Reply
  20. Tracy says

    May 24, 2023 at 11:58 am

    Beautiful! Do the mock orange blooms smell as lovely as citrus blooms?

    Reply
    • Carol says

      May 24, 2023 at 12:18 pm

      Tracy, I smelled them once and sadly, they didn’t have much fragrance. But the white blooms were still beautiful and stayed for several weeks.

      Reply

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