June 10 in the Goffstown Historical Society Garden

The Mary Garden at the Goffstown Historical Society is about to bloom with its roses, rose campions, and toadflax. And despite the chill nights and rainy days, canna “Panache” is flowering.

It appears that the unnatural cold has pushed the peonies and roses to bloom later, and that their season and the daylily season may collide-

I wonder if the ash from Canada’s wildfires has caused this strange weather. Back in the early 1800s a massive volcanic eruption in the Far East spewed so much ash into the atmosphere that New England suffered through the “Year without a Summer”. Snow in June, frozen lakes, no crops.

Despite the dank days, annual volunteers are coming up. Old fashioned balsams, nicotianas, cosmos, and the old cottage garden favorite” Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate”.