Today in the pleasure grounds

Ranunculus can never be too lurid. This has been a good year for them. The warm colors are preferred to the whites and blue-reds. These were from what was left very late in the season to be planting at Sledd's, which always has the very best in quality bulbs, corms, and rhizomes. This is the second year for them. The bright green in the far background is leaf lettuce.