The garden seems to be going through a pink phase this month. Rose 'Complicata', Paeony (unknown), Rosa alba 'Celestial' (wonderful scent), Lamium, Phuopsis (great ground cover), Astrantia or Masterwort.
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The first one looks like the Nootka Rose. It is native here and all over the place (including my property). It's blooming right now.
JackPedigo
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June 16, 2020
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You are obviously making your plants happy. Peonies are one of those who do not like my mild climate but I enjoy seeing them when I can. I am very intrigued by that ground cover too. I wonder how long a bloom season it has? Lamium has never done well for me, I'm guessing because of our dry spells and my miserly watering. I tend toward almost white pink roses so Alba would be my choice between the two colorwise even though I also prefer single petaled ones.
I do like Astrantia which I believe comes in many colors. I think someone must have scattered some seed on a section of a popular trail the wife and I like to walk. I often marvel at the variety of colors they come in. I was hoping to find some photos I'd taken of these but .. not this time.
I wonder if this is any relation to Scabiosa which I see in nurseries with a similar flower. So I went looking online and found this set of photos which includes some of each. It doesn't elaborate on the connection, whether it is an alternate/earlier name or if they are simply closely related. [pinterest.com]
MarkWD
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June 16, 2020
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Thank you, what an interesting reply. The Phuopsis flowers for more than a month with me, and would probably flower again, I think, if I were to cut it down after flowering.
Mine goes thru a "purple" phase very early on. Siberian Iris, pansies, ajuga, grape hyacinths, bearded iris, clematis and then the hostas... The reds and yellows and oranges come a little later on - with the heat - and the white hydrangeas are the perfect counterpoint to all that color... 
Definitely my happy space.
Lavergne
Level 8
June 16, 2020
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Love the 'wild' look in your plantings. Would love to see more.
Yes mine goes yellow, white, purple/blue and then pink, but ends back at white and yellow again.
My plants would always turn purple over two seasons. It was the soil.
MarkWD....here are a couple of pics showing how "wild and wooly" everything is around here....when you live out in the country, there is no such thing as a "manicured" yard or garden. 
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