It is getting hotter as the days lengthen. The humidity is rising and most days is around 75%. I am good for 2 or 3 hours every morning but I am avoiding the afternoon as much as possible.
The perennial beds are so dense now that little weeding is necessary and that is a good thing. I am enjoying cut flowers for display in the house.
In the morning, I will be joining the SixonSaturday crowd. It is fun to find six photos, put them in a blog or post and then upload it to our host website. In this case, it is hosted by Jim Stephens. Here it is https://gardenruminations.co.uk/.
The purple coneflowers continue to be impressive. It is attracting the pollinators. I am preparing for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census https://gsepc.org which will occur on August 22 and 23. This fuzzy fellow is a bumblebee.
The canna started blooming this week. I moved it here last fall so I am glad to see that it is happy. I am uncertain of a name but it may be Durban.
The Stoke’s aster has just begun blooming. It has done so well in my garden that I have divided it and now have two thriving colonies.
The plumbago is in a container. It is the second time that I have tried this phlox look alike. The first time, I planted it into the perennial bed and it fizzled. I am giving it another try in a container. It is such a beautiful blue.
The Henry’s Lily is in its second year in this location. No pests or predators and a magnificent bloom. I love those massive stamens.
The Blephilia or pagoda plant is a polite plant along a walking path. It meanders a little but it can be forgiven.
It continues to be a special year in my garden. The rain is sufficient and the heat is just right.
Happy Gardening!
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Love your summer-y selection of photos! Oh, that my flowerbeds were at that dense “little weeding is necessary” stage. It seems that I am forever filling buckets with weeds.
Happy Gardening to you as well!
All looking lovely Doc. I especially like the Plumbago and a ‘polite plant’ sounds wonderful.
An excellent choice this week! I love the Henry lily and the pagoda plant, which I didn’t know about. Easy to grow?
Yes, it’s easy to grow. Quickly establishes a little colony. Dies back each fall and reappears in the late spring.
A lovely selection. My wife has that Plumbago as a house plant – I keep intending to try and harden it off so it can spend the summer in the garden as it hasn’t flowered for a number of years now indoors – too shady I think. The flowers are a pain indoors – very sticky.
I love the colour of plumbago and yes now you mention it it does look like phlox. The Tiger lily is fab.
The coneflowers are very popular in the UK now, and rightly so. They came in with the trend for “prairie” planting.
Yes. Prairie planting is all the rage here now also.
A lovely six. The Blephilia is quite new to me. And your beautiful lily looks as if you don’t get lily beetle, there’s not a mark on it. I am very envious.