This month in my garden my deep violet morning glories are finally blooming. They are climbing up my rails that surround my porch in back. Also, one (of four) sunflowers is well over 5 feet tall and is a joy to watch from my dining room window. I have some sparsely growing zinnias and cosmos in my front border beds that are growing, though I wish they had filled out the beds a bit more. Also, thunbergia in pots! It sounds like a lot but it’s only a few things here and there really. After seeing your pictures I realize I need hydrangeas.
Thanks for stopping by for a walk around, Sarah! And yes, Hydrangea paniculatas as a real lift to the August garden. It has take a few years for them to get going, but it is so nice to have some white to lift the garden at this time of year. We have several H. p. 'Limelight' in a hedge by the street, and they are a favorite as well as 'Vanilla Strawberry.'
Lovely displays all over your garden, Julie! I particularly like the blue shades in the entry garden, such a cool feeling to them, and your clematis near the kitchen garden--gorgeous color. I so enjoy your posts and writings!
Thank you for stopping by Elena! It is so good to be holding on to a bit of summer here, though it was 45° last night so it is starting to slip away fast.
The wide shots of your garden are fabulous, Julie. I'm surprised that your Japanese anemones are already blooming and that your late afternoon hours already require a sweatshirt! As things look at the moment, my anemone foliage is half burned to a crisp and we'll be lucky to see temperatures that low before late October in coastal Southern California.
Thanks for stopping by Kris! That's a very kind compliment - thank you. Yes, it was down to 45° last night very suddenly, and I am sure the tomatoes do not like it. We have had a sudden shift, as happens more frequently in the weather patterns in the middle of the continent. I just hope that we do not get the Canadian wildfire smoke along with the cooler air this week. I will be ready to for some SoCal weather by October at this rate. ;)
Mine has much smaller latitudes and we'd been having 108 plus degree days and some full sun things like plumbago are looking fried. (I transplanted it to get more shade). But lots of Roses, English Lavender, sunflowers and geraniums, silvia, mint.
Thank you for stopping by Isabel!!! And thank you for your amazingly lovely gift!! We have been busy getting our eldest ready for college, but I am looking forward to working on that this autumn :) :) :)
Oh wow, that is so exciting about your eldest on this threshold. I can imagine something of how busy you've been (I remember my mom getting me ready). And you mentioned having to deal with sickness a couple times the last month too ... prayers right now for you with all of this. Thank you so much for sharing your garden with us. (& of course, I meant "salvia" with an "a"... about what's growing in mine.)
The Japanese Anemone brought back poignant memories of my Mum's garden when I was a child, as she had them growing in several places. I always liked them, even though I did not know what they were. Funny what a small child notices as they were the same colour as the magnolia blooms. Maybe that is why I am oohing and aahing over the Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea - I have never seen it before, but I want one!
Japanese Anemone as such happy flowers! And I bet that they made their way to Australia before they did the US! These Hydrangeas are also Asian plants, but they do even better here coping with our heat and dry weather than some of our native Hydrangea do that require more cool moist conditions. There are many varieties available, but they are all in the Hydrangea paniculata species.
Thanks for stopping by Lee! That plant is a beauty and has done surprising well with the very hot weather this summer. I have been amazed at how even the smaller divisions I took of it last autumn for the opposite side of the border have taken off this year.
This month in my garden my deep violet morning glories are finally blooming. They are climbing up my rails that surround my porch in back. Also, one (of four) sunflowers is well over 5 feet tall and is a joy to watch from my dining room window. I have some sparsely growing zinnias and cosmos in my front border beds that are growing, though I wish they had filled out the beds a bit more. Also, thunbergia in pots! It sounds like a lot but it’s only a few things here and there really. After seeing your pictures I realize I need hydrangeas.
Thanks for stopping by for a walk around, Sarah! And yes, Hydrangea paniculatas as a real lift to the August garden. It has take a few years for them to get going, but it is so nice to have some white to lift the garden at this time of year. We have several H. p. 'Limelight' in a hedge by the street, and they are a favorite as well as 'Vanilla Strawberry.'
Lovely displays all over your garden, Julie! I particularly like the blue shades in the entry garden, such a cool feeling to them, and your clematis near the kitchen garden--gorgeous color. I so enjoy your posts and writings!
Thank you for stopping by Elena! It is so good to be holding on to a bit of summer here, though it was 45° last night so it is starting to slip away fast.
The wide shots of your garden are fabulous, Julie. I'm surprised that your Japanese anemones are already blooming and that your late afternoon hours already require a sweatshirt! As things look at the moment, my anemone foliage is half burned to a crisp and we'll be lucky to see temperatures that low before late October in coastal Southern California.
Thanks for stopping by Kris! That's a very kind compliment - thank you. Yes, it was down to 45° last night very suddenly, and I am sure the tomatoes do not like it. We have had a sudden shift, as happens more frequently in the weather patterns in the middle of the continent. I just hope that we do not get the Canadian wildfire smoke along with the cooler air this week. I will be ready to for some SoCal weather by October at this rate. ;)
Your garden is so, so magical.
Mine has much smaller latitudes and we'd been having 108 plus degree days and some full sun things like plumbago are looking fried. (I transplanted it to get more shade). But lots of Roses, English Lavender, sunflowers and geraniums, silvia, mint.
Thank you for stopping by Isabel!!! And thank you for your amazingly lovely gift!! We have been busy getting our eldest ready for college, but I am looking forward to working on that this autumn :) :) :)
Oh wow, that is so exciting about your eldest on this threshold. I can imagine something of how busy you've been (I remember my mom getting me ready). And you mentioned having to deal with sickness a couple times the last month too ... prayers right now for you with all of this. Thank you so much for sharing your garden with us. (& of course, I meant "salvia" with an "a"... about what's growing in mine.)
Thank you, Isabel <3
The Japanese Anemone brought back poignant memories of my Mum's garden when I was a child, as she had them growing in several places. I always liked them, even though I did not know what they were. Funny what a small child notices as they were the same colour as the magnolia blooms. Maybe that is why I am oohing and aahing over the Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea - I have never seen it before, but I want one!
Japanese Anemone as such happy flowers! And I bet that they made their way to Australia before they did the US! These Hydrangeas are also Asian plants, but they do even better here coping with our heat and dry weather than some of our native Hydrangea do that require more cool moist conditions. There are many varieties available, but they are all in the Hydrangea paniculata species.
Your gardens are beautiful! Thank you for the tour and I especially enjoyed the Ligularia ‘Britt-Marie Crawford!
Thanks for stopping by Lee! That plant is a beauty and has done surprising well with the very hot weather this summer. I have been amazed at how even the smaller divisions I took of it last autumn for the opposite side of the border have taken off this year.
Would love to walk around the paths in your garden and pick flowers. It's fun to have flowers to pick from my flower beds!
Thanks for stopping by, Jolynne! It is such a joyous, abundant time of year in the garden.