Since I have no witty wisdom to impart on you today or fun thrifty finds, I thought I’d share some photos of what’s blooming in the hood here.
My Endless Summer hydrangea. If only summer were truly endless . . .
The Limelight hydrangea. One of the best plants on earth. Lovely color and you have the added benefit that the dried blooms can last for years.
A purple
and a cherry pink calibrachoa. They are annuals, so they pretty much have blooms from May until I finally throw them in the trash in October.
My purple coneflower. Which, by the way, is nowhere near as vibrantly colored as it normally is. It’s in a funk this year and I have no idea why!
Balloon flowers. These are perennials, so I will be able to enjoy the pretty blue petals for years to come.
My calla lilies. These came with the house and I’ve never done anything to them, but they keep multiplying and every year I have more and more of them.
A delphinium. This is new to the garden this year and has turned out to be quite the hardy little plant.
Lacey (our labradoodle) has flopped down on it and broken it down to the ground at least three times so far. I think she enjoys the crunching sound of the stalks breaking.
Reminds her of her war against my iris earlier this year, where she took out a third of the bed in one massive dog rolling escapade.
What’s blooming in your neck of the woods?
Carlene @ Organized Clutter
Really healthy and beautiful blooms!
NanaDiana
Pam- Your plants look beautiful. They are gorgeous! I finally have some roses blooming and I have a full bush of Anna Belle hydrangeas. I can see the phlox from my window here and my window boxes look “fair”. xo Diana
Mary@mydogsmygardenandmary
Your flowers are beautiful. Your hydrangea’s are stunning. Mine didn’t do well this year, don’t know why. I have roses, cosmo’s, foxgloves, daisy’s & too many to remember.
Have a great week.
Mary
Joanne Noragon
You’re right about the cone flowers this years. At least yours and mine. A little pasty.
TARYTERRE
I LOVE the flowers. All so pretty. The purple coneflowers especially.
Tricia
Your flowers look beautiful! Have you had your Endless Summer hydrangeas for very long? I love those, but they talked me out of them at the garden center, telling me they don’t do well in this climate. I got the Incrediball hydrangeas instead.
Tricia
Your flowers look beautiful! Have you had your Endless Summer hydrangeas for very long? I love those, but they talked me out of them at the garden center, telling me they don’t do well in this climate. I got the Incrediball hydrangeas instead.
Musings from Kim K.
Your flowers are gorgeous. We have lots of things blooming, but the beds are looking a little wild with weeds too. Chris’s latest construction project (building a potting shed out of old doors) has taken priority to landscaping. I suppose I should put on the gardening gloves and help out.
Inspire Me Heather
Your garden looks just lovely! I wonder why your Echinacea (purple cornflower) isn’t so happy, it’s usually so easy going. You aren’t over watering are you? Your hydrangeas look so beautiful, love the limelight!!
Dawn@ We Call It Junkin.com
Really gorgeous flowers! I had something come up that I planted last year and forgot about, and don’t remember what it is called. Nice surprise!
Marissa
Gorgeous blooms!!
right now I have we we call “chisme” in english the flower is called gossip cause it spreads fast.. I love it. I need to post a picture soon..
andrea@townandprairie
What’s blooming? It’s all brown! We are really needing a heavy rain for a few days straight. That won’t happen until fall, though. Your flowers look much healthier than mine. Even our tomatoes are tiny…like super balls, and they’re NOT cherry tomatoes, either!
Melinda
Everything looks lovely.
We got some much needed
rain over the last two
days so everything is perking
back up plus our temps have
been low too.
:o)
Olive
All splendid my friend. Love that Limelight hydrangea. I do not have that one. I have a ginger lily about to bloom and have not had that one bloom before. It has a great scent too. xo, Olive
Vickie @ Ranger 911
Gorgeous flowers, Pam! Endless summer hydrangeas don’t do well in my shade garden, so I stick with my Annabelles and hope we don’t get any storms to break huge flowers off the stems. Your plants look so healthy. Mine are being eaten by all sorts of hungry critters. The leaves look like Swiss cheese. Maybe I need a dog to chase them away. 🙂