Drive through Eden

A friend and I once joked that we should start a drive-through nursery. You pull up to the kiosk and order your plants then drive further to the Pick-up station to pick up the plants that nursery staff has gathered for you, pay and be on your way. That's a great Pandemic business model these days. One friend's nursery in fact did a version of that. People called in their order then were given a time to pick up their order, left just outside the front entrance. Ah the times.
Here are the latest photos of my garden. It is nearing its peak now so there's more things blooming than I can even photograph! As the saying goes, a nice problem to have.

Clematis Roguchi. Yep, this is a clematis and yep, they don't get more purple than this.

Lily African Queen. This is my older one (see further down for the difference in the more recent one (different vendor).

Lily Double Sensation. Love the rich raspberry colors!

Agastache Blue Fortune. Love the fuzzy flowers on this guy.

Another photo of my new favorite Agastache - Rosie Posie. Almost burgundy.

It doesn't look like much yet but my Banksia nivea already has an interesting form to me.

Linum grandiflorum Rubrum. This red flowering form of Linum is a real beauty.

Mimulus aurantiacus variety. This is a lovely golden-orange variety of Monkey flower.

Fuchsia Autumnale. This trailing fuchsia is pretty even when not in bloom.

Bouvardia ternifolia. Red, red, red, red!

No one told my Anisodontea Strybing Beauty that it wasn't supposed to get as big as a Lavatera. It's huge and a real bee magnet.

One of my two favorite lilies from last year, Lilium Giraffe has oh-so-vivid colors and is a prolific bloomer.

My favorite variety of the driveway Tiger lily mix. 

One last shot of my blood-red Lily Corleone.

Roselily. This new category of lily takes a double form and comes in a variety of colors (mostly pinks and whites). So far, each of my four stems has produced only pink flowers.

My Portulaca 6-pack has settled in and is producing a whole rainbow of colors.

Neoregelia 'Takemura Princeps. 'Neos' as they are called make up the largest genus of all the genera considered to be bromeliads. They are noted for their colorful leaves and spotting.

Viola Columbine. This Viola just doesn't know when to quit!

Tweedia caerulea. Too bad this milkweed member is so hard to find in the trade. It has the prettiest blue flowers one is likely ever to see.

Begonia Belleconia Soft Orange. This is a new series, featuring a peony-style flower. Lovely!

Begonia Funky Pink. This charmer is just starting to bloom.

Begonia Gene Daniels. It's all about the foliage with this durable cane begonia.

This lily was sold as Salmon Star and was supposed to be a large salmon-pink with prominent spotting. Instead I got this variety. It's not all bad but I sure did like the real Salmon Star flowers.

Here's part of my Neo and Aechmea collection. 

And here's the other half of the collection resting under a fir tree.

Lilium regale. One of the oldest lilies still on the market. This trumpet lily is a beaut (and fragrant too).

Neo Fanfare. One of the more colorful Neos.

Helenium Mardi Gras. A real trooper and a real bee magnet!

Lily African Queen. You can see that this AQ, from a different grower, has a lot more orange in it.

Neomarica caerulea. This iris relative gets huge (5-10') and puts out the most dazzling flowers come summer. The photo below shows off each flower's intricate center markings.