Rain? I've forgotten what rain looks like. Such a warm summer with 80 F have necessitated buying some summer clothes Some of my late blooming perennials aren't doing as well as most years because I am not used to watering.
So busy watering here it was nice to see the rain and cool off. Love the late flowers. What is the 2nd picture? An Anenone? I just bought a new one called Pocahontas like yours with the double petals.
2 of my coleus containers.
Can't remember the name of this? Anyone know. I have enjoyed the foliage.
Last of the daylilies . They were nice this year with the warm nights.
My hanging containers were a bust this year. I'm going to have to look for good combinations ideas next year to copy.
Couple of my sempervivums with a bit of color. Soon as the cool nights hit they will start tuning colors again. The heat is hard on these guys.
Looks much nicer than the Malva sylvestris I grew a few years back, but they weren't that particular cultivar. Very nice! And yeah, hollyhocks and their ilk are like that! I'm still fighting them after 10 years!
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.
I still have a pink Malva that pops up in the yard. A few things from yesterday.
containers have filled in. This is a few weeks after a hair cut.
None of my hanging baskets have don great this year. The first one has been a favorite but, the fuchsia need to be pinched more! The others the center croaked for some reason. Next year!!
Seed petunias and love this coleus. The tag is under the foliage some place but could not locate it.
The yard feels very messy as I have done pruning and moved phlox that were encroaching into the paths. Also moved a mass of mini bearded iris. The front ivy hedges got there severe cut back in the front yard. The summer heathers are about finished blooming.
There are a few different yellow flowers blooming, squash, calendula, nasturtiums, rebeckia, false sunflowers and real ones too.
Then there are the fall crocus and anenomes with a second bloom of clematis and the obedient plant
It has been a great summer for winter squash. Most will be going to the food bank since I am more into growing it than we are into eating it. The butternut has certainly been sweet and savory basted with olive oil and roasted on the grill. I have been careful harvesting so that the turbans can finish maturing and hardening off and the bees can continue to coat themselves in pollen. I have seen as many as five to a blossom in the afternoon.
It looks like the tomatoes are going to continue ripening until Thanksgiving. We have been having them and cukes everyday for one or more meals.
What's with the sunflowers though? I planted a mixed seed pack behind the Hugelkultur. They vary in height from 2-25 feet tall. Crazy!
Squeeze a few more pictures in for August. Can't believe summer is almost over.
Cut a tree down here this spring and I removed a big viburnum. Replacing with plants that have more than one season of color.