The garden is pretty lush and the grass is still green, not yet succumbing to the heat of summer. Since I left my dahlia tubers in the ground last fall I already have blooms appearing which I like so much better than having to wait until late July or August for blooms. I think from now on I will leave them in the ground come fall and just protect them with mulch and foil caps to keep them from drowning when their stalks fill with rainwater.
Top: Venosa Violacea clematis blooming profusely with Valley Porcupine and Parkland Rave dahlias in the background.
Bottom: Pooh dahlia
Top Right: Incrediball hydrangea (white) with Valley Porcupine dahlias
Bottom: ? hydrangea and hosta
The hydrangea in the foreground is Cityline Paris. Not sure if I still have a tag from the one in the background.
Top Left: Wildwood Marie dahlia just opening up
Top Right: a pink honeysuckle that I struggle with every year. First the aphids attack and then the heat. This year I seem to have gotten rid of most of the aphids.
Bottom Left: creeping Jenny blooming in a pot
Bottom Right: unknown astilbe
Top: Endless Summer hydrangea
Bottom: Royal Candles Speedwell Veronica spicata with some Cranesbill geranium in the background
Top: a hollyhock grown from seeds I harvested from a neighbor's yard. Aren't the forming seed pods beautiful?
Bottom Left: Sorbet dahlia
Bottom Right: a large day-lily I picked up at a perennial plant sale.
So much color in late June!
(This post was backdated to keep my photos in chronological order. I've been so busy gardening that I haven't been keeping up with the posting but I do want to be able to look back someday and have a lovely diary of my garden.)
