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| Liatris |
It's hot, dry and smoky, must be August in western Washington. I'm not real fond of this new climate pattern but trying to make the most of it. I have a lot in bloom in the yard, but mostly in one area with a few flowers scattered elsewhere. I need to look at what else to plant for late summer color.
Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly collection of blooms around the world.
My flower garden, next to the back patio, is the area where I grow annuals and other plants that may need to be watered frequently. It's visible from my kitchen window, so I enjoy the blooms from inside too.
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| Alyssum and petunias |
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| Cosmos and bee balm |
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| Gaura |
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| Nasturtiums mixed with strawberries |
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| Sunflower! |
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| Dahlias |
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| Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara' |
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| Groundcover clematis |
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| Reblooming delphinium |
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| Sweet peas on the fence |
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| Penstemon |
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| Mint in a pot |
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| Mint not in a pot, which I may regret but the bees love it |
Around the side of the house is the north shade garden, which is only sort of shady but I'll take any shade I can get. This leads into the new front slope created by removing a retaining wall. This whole area is easy to reach with a watering hose too, but I've been trying to only water once or twice a week.
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| Hollyhocks, grown from seed |
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| Hollyhocks and geranium |
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| Hollyhocks and geranium |
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| More hollyhocks |
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| Fuchsia 'Genii' |
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| An early blooming cyclamen hederifolium |
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| Star gazer hydrangea |
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| Hydrangea paniculata |
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| Hydrangea paniculata |
In the rose garden, the first blooms are long gone but the roses are re-blooming and other plants still have a lot of color.
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| Zinnias, planted from seeed |
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| Zinnias |
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| Lots of zinnias |
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| Agastache |
Around the other side of the house is the south shade garden (yes, I'm lacking creativity in names!), which is very dry. The daylillies are done blooming and just a few other flowers going.
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| Lewisia |
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| Cape fuchsia |
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| Centranthus ruber, which I can't ever get a good picture of |
Down the yard, all of the new plants around the new retaining wall are growing in nicely, even those that I didn't intentionally plant.
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| Liatris and ceanothus |
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| Hardy hibiscus |
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| Yarrow |
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| One lone poppy came up from seed |
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| This is as close as I can get due to a bees nest in the retaining wall |
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| Volunteer dill |
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| Volunteer California poppy and radishes |
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| Salvia 'hot lips' and volunteer radishes |
At the bottom of the hill, a few blooms are hanging on in my mostly native garden.
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| Yarrow |
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| Salvia 'hot lips' - this one is 3? years old |
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| Salvia 'hot lips' |
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| Echinacea |
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| Seaside daisy |
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| Fireweed |
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| Goldenrod |
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| Native flower, need to look it up, in front of vine maple |
I can already see the first signs of fall in the vine maple and hazelnut leaves. I'm ready for it!
