Early-Summer Flowers at the Farm

 Below are some of the flowers that are blooming now at our farm. 

Irix x germanica

Anemonastrum canadense

Some type of iris. 

It was gifted to me by someone who was getting rid of a lot of perennials.

Dame's rocket. 

Although it is an invasive, it also is one of the 

first food sources for bees and butterflies in the spring.

Irix x germanica

Purple wood sage

  

Bumble bee on Baptisia (Wild Indigo).

Southern Blue Flag.

Dahlia

Centaurea montana (cyanus montanus)

Honeysuckle

Rose

Weigela

Peony

Roses

Rose

Wax begonia with another flower that I don't know the name of

Wild columbine

I don't know the name of this flower

Oriental Lily

Rose

Rose

Dianthus

Maltese cross

One of the areas where I have peonies growing. 

This peony bed came with the house 

when we purchased it in 1995.

One of the types of peonies in the peony bed

Another type of peony in the peony bed

The third type of peony in the peony bed

Bleeding hearts

Alumroot

Columbine

Primrose

Great blanketflower

Lantana

Leucanthemum ("ditch daisies")

Sulphur cinquefoil

Common Yarrow

At the museum where I work, we have a restored prairie. Here are some of the native wildflowers that have been blooming during June:

Wild Lupine

Yarrow

Prairie Smoke

Some type of bush rose

Bleeding Heart

Black-eyed Susan

Foxglove Beardtongue