Hello anyone who is reading this. The weather has been lovely with lots of rain and heat, perfect growing conditions (grows great mosquitos as well). I went around the property this morning, cell phone in hand. If you are someone who has read my blog for a while, you've likely seen these same plants last year at this time, but since I'm not super busy with my silly broken toe, I don't have much else to report on. So... here's what's in bloom:
Pots on the porch. The canna lilies have just bloomed!
Looking down on a bed that contains hostas and a pretty pink hydrangea, as well as the top of Aristotle's head.
Luscious dark daylilies!
This is Incrediball hydrangea, pretty much taking over the world.
This was one of the only still-standing delphiniums. Later this evening, I lassoed a bunch of delphiniums that got knocked over (but the stems weren't cracked) and tied them to a porch spindle and to the rail fence. The rain has been wonderful, but it's no friend to tall flowers like this.
Daylilies, daylilies, daylilies. So dependable, such a nice pop of colour.
Hollyhocks are here and there on the property. I seem to have a lot of pale yellow / peach, however I seem to have not taken any pictures of those!
Potentilla (also known as cinquefoils) makes a lovely shrub right now.
I cut these spirea shrubs back quite a lot this spring. They are called Shirobana and they combine white and pink on their blossoms.
Limelight hydrangea is in its beautiful bright white stage.
I seem to have less and less purple coneflower (echinacea) in my flower beds, not sure why.
My crocosmia is just starting to bloom. The hummingbirds love it.
This is a medium height cranesbill (have no idea the specific kind) which blooms later than the lower growing kind. It gets a bit straggly, but it's a good filler.
My poor old Hansa rose is looking a bit dumpy, but it's still producing blooms.
I'm pretty sure this is spirea Anthony Waterer. It got a good cutting back this spring as well and is blooming very well now.
Finally, sometimes it's not about the blooms, but about the foliage instead. This is my block of lettuce in the vegetable garden. I planted alternating little mini rows of different kinds (colours) of leaf lettuce and it makes me smile to see it, plus it's so pretty in a salad. (Excuse my giant shadow in the picture!)
I'm enjoying reading my Elly Griffiths books (see my "pages" at the top for my reading list). The kitten is growing and is 80% adorable and 20% arse, but that's the way with kittens. I'm waging a constant war with cucumber beetles (also attacking my zucchini). Summer is at its height of loveliness, all hot and buzzy.
