5-28-26 SHORT HILLS: The wedding was a blast. Judy and I spent a lot of time on the dance floor—some of it dancing. The Californians are gone back west, the house is back to normal. We needed a new dryer, which is now installed. We are in our last week or so here before VT for the summer. There was two inches of rain over the weekend, but now its dry.
New blooms: rose, holly, St. Johns wort, red spirea.
Roses really are remarkable, color, aroma, I almost like them better as buds, offering the promise of flowers to come.
And here are the buds.
St. johns wort is a pretty nice flower also.
Holly. The bee is at work on these female flowers. That's right--hollies are either male or female. These flowers have a large green ball in the center, which becomes the red berry if it gets fertilized.
Holly. These are the male flowers, no green ball. The pollinators transfer the pollen from male to female.
Red spirea. Spirea is a reliable shrub with a tolerance for wet or dry conditions.
Peony is a pretty nice flower also.
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