this evening, in the garden

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We have arrived at the heat of the season, having spent most of the past week breaking ninety degrees.

And the garden loves it!

my first ever dahlia bloom, still opening.
we shall see if I can stick the commitment
to lifting delicate bulbs for winter
last year’s minnie pearl daylily
starting its big show
new this year, rainbow rhythm
‘sound of my heart’ is likely
the showiest daylily in our garden.
big, frilly, and fabulous just in time
to finish up pride month.
missouri native coneflower
and false sunflower
french and african marigolds fill out the borders of many of our garden’s beds
most of our tomatoes are thriving in the heat.
the cherry tomatoes will be my first
lunchtime snack
from the garden this year.
chanter alto red stock,
the first try of of three to produce flowers
bachelor buttons, one of three volunteers
from last year’s crop
the very last of lilyfest ’25,
royal sunset takes a bow
volunteer carrots and dill popped
about randomly in and around the back bed. we love that sort of behavior here…
petunias and dichondria fill out the grow bag as long beans start their big climb.
the ‘firey bed o’ death’ is filling in,
and lots of little toxic lumpy peppers
are beginning to appear
crocosmia has shown its color and is
a hummingbird favorite
‘sabine baur’ daylily, bold and frilly
for its fourth year
white yarrow, years after dead flower heads rolled down the slope
and found its new home
our first substantial attempt at containers: gladiolus, petunias, caladium,
black sweet potato vines,
and long beans to climb the trellis
the new rustic bed
with yellow terracotta yarrow,
‘blue by you’ salvia, ‘scarlet breeze’ daylilies, euonymus, pink vinca,
and transplanted white yarrow
‘endlessly coral’ daylily
‘endlessly orange’ daylily
an unknown variety that came with us
on move-in day eight years ago
the first blossom
from recently rescued ‘sunkiss’ coreopsis
overhead views of the biggest undertaking
of this year, still under construction
the ‘silver and romance’ bed with lamb’s ear, sweet william dianthus, fire star dianthus, ‘silver mound’ artemisia, lavender,
‘rockin’ fuchsia’ salvia,
and all the sexy colors of wave petunias
according to
the tag photo,
this is the real
‘janice brown’
the unknown
imposter, similar
to ‘minnie pearl’ except taller and bigger
the last two new daylilies,
both tagged as ‘janice brown’ daylilies,
but clearly, both aren’t,
and they have a drastic height difference.
sometimes clearance plants
aren’t about distress.
the amazing triple bloom ‘ditch lilies’ that also
made the move with us eight years ago

So much is thriving in the garden right now. This is a great year for expansion, and I am riding the current state of it like a giant wave of motivation to keep moving through the high heat of summer!

Enjoy!

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