The front garden in June

 The old sidewalk path that runs along behind the old garage and changes to a chip trail right after the big fern.  The fern covers our view of the old compost bin. The tall bearded irises on the right side of the photo need some attention.  They are over crowded and never bloom.  The left side has daylillies and a few other plants.  Both of these areas of the woodland need some attention to planning for a nice display.

 This Western bleeding heart  is a new plant in the woodland.  Dicentra formosa (western, wild or Pacific bleeding heart)  I need to remove the large leafed plant next to it.  I do not know what it is.  At the moment it has racemes of little blue flowers.  Its very invasive.  It might be a less well behaved Brunnera than my other ones.

 In the front garden, June was the month for the roses.  This is Iceberg by the entry way.  Right now it needs deadheading.

 a close up of the iceberg.

 The grass path that goes along the top of the garden between the two boxwood hedges.  

 The start of the grass path from the driveway.  The wall flower has been in bloom for a month or more.  It is still in bloom now.   From this view of the grass path we see where it joins the stone path that goes to the inner garden.

A closer look at the entry to the grass path.  To the right is the edge of the Magnolia tree bed.  In this spot there is a milkweed (not yet in bloom) and foxgloves.  I am letting the foxgloves go to seed, here and hopefully at the back of the new little rockery reno.  Next to the foxgloves there is a french lavender and the david with the Siberian irises behind them.  The bamboo is further down in this bed and borders the cedar hedge, with the decorative golden oregano,  and the thyme circle on the other side of it.

 This is back at the top of the garden, again.; looking over the little boxwood hedge to the Bergenias and the Japanese anemones that are in front of the west coast planter, with a view of more of the stone path in the inner garden, and the burgundy smoke bush.  The little gold wall in the little rockery is visible  over the tops of the anemones.   The anemones now have buds and the inner garden will become more 'private' when they grow taller.

 This is the simplicity rose at the corner of my property, just behind the tall boxwood hedge.  You can see the neighbors garbage cans that they keep at this front corner of their house for all the world to see.  And clearly visible from the front entry to our home.

 A close up of the simplicity rose.

 The lovely wine colored clematis grows across the grass path and the boxwood hedges from the simplicity rose.  It stands by the cedar hedge and with some crocosmias and solomon's seal  screens most of the inner garden and little rockery from casual view.
POLYGONATUM
also known as King Solomon's-seal or Solomon's seal
Solomon’s sea is an elegant woodland plant that is native to North America. Although the dangling, white flowers and the black seed pods that follow are charming, it’s the arching stems and foliage that make Solomon’s seal such a favorite in shade gardens and woodland settings. Once established, Solomon’s seal slowly spreads out and creates a nodding blanket of foliage that turns a golden yellow in autumn.
Leaves: The slender, arching stems of Solomon's seal have alternating lance-shaped leaves that are either green or tipped with white.
Flowers: Small, tubular, white flowers dangle underneath the leaves. The species name of P. biflorum refers to the fact that the flowers grow in pairs along the leaf axils. Solomon's seal will bloom in mid-spring to early summer. The black seed pods that follow will persist into summer. More mature plants tend to have more profuse flowers and are a bit showier.  But it’s the plant form rather than the flowers that make Solomon’s seal such an interesting plant.
 There is a variegated form that is fragrant: Polygonatum odoratum, commonly called fragrant Solomon's seal, is a rhizomatous, shade-loving perennial that typically grows to 18-24” tall on low, gracefully arching, angled (as opposed to cylindrical), unbranched stems. It is native to shaded slopes and woodland areas in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.
 My plant grows in the front garden between the front little rockery and the cedar hedge, near the boxwood hedge.

 The vines of the clematis that have climbed up the cedar hedge seem to be dried out and dying.  I noticed this happening on the clematis by the back deck.  The part that is on the cedar has dried out.  I am not sure what is doing that to the clematises.

 This is a different view of the Gertrude Jekyl rose, and the west coast planter., adjoining this part of the little rockery.  The stone path divides both sides of the little rockery.  This rose is very fragrant.  It needs dead heading, watering and feeding just now.  As do all of the roses.

This little snapdragon comes up like a short-lived perennial.  It grows in the cement vase that sits at the grass path entry to the front garden from the driveway.  I need more of snapdragons!