I posted back in the spring about what was blooming, starting around mid-spring. So now that mid-summer has passed, I should post about the ongoing garden offerings.
New Additions a few tickseeds:
In addition, I planted some sage, some more hyssop, and an itea bush, a beauty berry bush, and a white forsythia, and added another peony from mom.
How the transplants are doing:
Both the hydrangea and the lace cut Japanese maple where transplanted last summer/fall. The tree guys were especially concerned that the maple might not make it. Well, I think it did fine. I was very careful to water like crazy.
The already established plants showing off:
The red flowers are lobelia cardinalis. This is the latin term for hummingbird magnet. I may see one or two hummingbirds several times during the day.
Some volunteers from previous years
I didn’t plant these cosmos or sunflowers, they just self-seeded from previous years.
First year for a few things
I planted the an assortment of daylilies in the fall. 50 different varieties. Not all made it, but about 75% did. Of those I’d say about half bloomed. This was the prettiest
