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| Love-in-a-mist |
Another month gone, where do the days go? There's an inverse relationship between how often I post and how much time I'm spending outside in my garden, which I guess is not a bad thing. I need to do some catch up posts one of these months though!
Meanwhile, here's what's in bloom around my yard now. Thanks to
Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly roundup of blooms.
A lot of my flowers right now are in the area around my back patio, where I plant annuals and other plants that I can easily water.
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| Cosmos |
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| Dahlia |
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| Nigella, love-in-a-mist |
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Petunias - the white should be mixed white and purple
but some environmental condition isn't right |
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| Cosmos, balloon flower, yarrow, lavender, love-in-a-mist |
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| Hens and chicks in a planter |
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| Ornamental oregano |
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| Bee balm |
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| Gladiolus, leaning over so I can't get a good picture |
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| New wind spinner in the background |
Also a lot in bloom down to the bottom of the hillside where I have more native plants, but of course these aren't all native.
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| Coreopsis |
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| Sedum, I think this is oreganum |
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| Coreopsis |
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| Seaside daisy |
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| Crocosmia |
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| Crocosmia, yarrow and lavender on the hillside |
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| Coneflower |
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| Self heal |
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| I never remember what this one is called but I like the spikes in front of the vine maple |
Various other areas around the yard:
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| Baby blue eyes and alyssum in an "eco turf" mix |
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Double hollyhocks |
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| Gladiolus |
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| Gladiolus |
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| More gladiolus |
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| Hydrangea paniculata - forget exactly which variety |
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| Star gazer hydrangea, with guardian dragon |
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| Hydrangea 'Niko's Blue' - planted this year, should turn blue, our soil is acidic |
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| Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara' - flowers open a deep blue |
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| Fuchsia 'Genii' |
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| Yucca |
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| Hummingbird salvia growing into the red twig dogwood |
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Daylillies keep going and going, but they are all too sunny
in the afternoon to get good pictures |
Your hens and chicks are awesome. I seem to always rot them out before they do anything spectacular.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think my secret is never water them.. and the clay pot drains well in the winter
DeleteI love your hollyhocks. My old country house had them planted around the porch but they were covered in cedar rust virus and looked horrible. It broke my heart but they had to come down. Yours are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJeannie@GetMeToTheCountry