It’s been quite a while since the last post! With the weather fine and dry through most of June, we spent all our days out in the garden. Now it’s hot and humid, with a tropical storm predicted for Independence Day. It seems early for hurricanes*, but hey, I’m not a meteorologist, I’m a gardener. And so, here are pictures of the garden. Lots of color as we head into full summer!
Bee Balm (Monarda) and wild marjoram.
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
Astilbe
Anthemis and bright orange Asclepias
More Bee Balm, one of my favorites!
Lavender (Lavandula) growing along the sidewalk to the greenhouse.
* Hurricane Rhyme…… “June: too soon, July: stand by, August: upon us, September: remember, October: all over.”
Either a “mariner’s proverb”, or a “Carribean folk saying”, reportedly first published in “Weather Lore” by R. Inwards in 1898.
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