I have been pretty busy this summer so not much posting, but how about all the flowers!?
So much to do and see!
Summer is so full of color...we are seeing all the displays of the summer flowers and shrubs. Hopefully we have time to enjoy them, not just see the weeds and pruning to be done.
There's been a lot to do this past month, but here's a list of the perennial flowers and shrubs I have admired blooming in July:
Canna lilies
Echinaceas and other coneflowers
Daylilies
Hibiscus
Hosta
Hydranageas
Coreopsis
Catmint
Pop up lilies
perennial geraniums
Roses
Rose of Sharon
Buddleia
Vitex
Garden fun (I am avoiding the idea of 'tasks' in the garden): pull a few weeds; deadheading roses, coneflowers, coreopsis etc for rebloom; you can cut back hard the catmint (Nepata) if you haven't already and it will send a second flush of growth with flowers in a few weeks; dead head the flowers off your basil to keep it producing leaves; watering as needed.
We are in pretty good shape for rain...just think back to 2007 and be grateful! But we still need to water pots.
And enjoy the flowers, cut a few to bring in, doesn't have to be fancy, a few coneflowers and some of those basil blooms stuck in a water glass make a nice reminder of the beauty outside.
