It’s hot here. My pattern has become to garden in the morning and complete indoor tasks in the afternoon.
I took last week off for a trip touring gardens in Sewanee, Tennessee. It was cool and rainy at times but well worth our time to visit. Sewannee is a small college town located on the Cumberland Plateau just 90 miles southeast of Nashville. There are many beautiful vistas there. Many alumni have built homes near to the campus and that is where we visited.
My photos today are from my garden on the corner. I volunteer there every Friday that I am in town. I have one other photo that I took in Sewanee.
As usual, I will be joining the Six on Saturday group tomorrow. Come check it out. The rules are there if you wish to post 6 photos of your own. Here is the link https://gardenruminations.co.uk
I have shown this aster before but it is in full bloom and magnificent today. The crocosmia is not my favorite but it is charming me this year. There are more blooms than ever and most of the stalks are upright. Meanwhile, the Limelight hydrangeas is stunning. You can see my repurposed fountain just to the side.
The pollinators are really loving the purple coneflowers this year. I am loving the purple coneflowers too. The growth in the perennial bed is so lush that we have very little weeding to do. The Texas star struggled last year but is making a resurgence this year.
This is my Sewannee picture. This gorgeous Diana Fritillary is thirsting on the Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’).
Happy Gardening! Next Friday is Independence Day here in the USA so Happy 4th to all my fellow Americans.
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If I can reassure you, there is a heatwave here too, with temperatures forecast at 35–37°c (95-100°F). I think you must not be very far away, because I read that there were temperatures at 100°F in the US. Surprised to see the limelight hydrangea so beautiful and healthy , here it suffers a little from the heat in the afternoons…
Those Limelights do get some late afternoon shade and they look fresh all day. They really thrive in that location. We did have some rain last nigh with temps in the upper 80’s in the forecast for the next several days.
A lovely selection of plants and colours and it’s always good to see butterfly visitors. The Limelight hydrangea is a beauty. Happy Independence Day for next week.
Lovely. Glad to hear that you’ve had a trip away too.
Nice fritillary. I have only seen cabbage whites in my garden, yet black swallowtail caterpillars keep appearing, so there must be some butterflies. I had a Great Spangled Fritillary one year and read that they can use violets as a host plant so I hoped for more, but never again (yet). I hope my Echinacea will look like that in a week or two. The Texas Star is cool.
Texas Star is a beauty! Beautiful fritillary. Have a great week.
Beautiful six! It seems that almost everyone in the N. Hemisphere is warmer than normal this summer. We had a bit of a break here in the Upper Midwest, but now we’re back to around 90 and humid. Next week will provide more “normal” 80s, which is fine by me. You’ve shared some very colorful blooms this week, and that fritillary is stunning!