I hope you’re not sick and tired of garden photos. Because I’m surely not tired of taking them! I could gaze at them for hours. So I feel compelled to inflict you, as well, muahahaha!
This is the time when everything finally bursts into color. Because I use only perennials and late-flowering shrubs in my garden, my garden is green usually until early July. Then, late-July and August, the whole yard goes colorful. It’s so lovely.
My Althea, also know as Rose of Sharon, are blooming, too. They have survived being chewed to death by the deer.
We’ve added to both side of our Secret Garden this year. We removed a tangle of weeds and overgrown plants under the Maple tree, and finfished it off this past week.
In case you’re wondering, this is what it looked like before:
Here’s my purple Butterfly Bush. I love the color. When the kids ask why it’s called a Butterfly Bush, I tell them, “Because that’s where butterflies come from.”
We got a visitor in our garage, too. Don’t know what he was doing in there, must have taken a wrong turn. We got him out.
I love this time of year!
August 8, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I love all of your garden pictures and the Rose of Sharon is beautiful. Your garden really has grown!
August 9, 2009 at 11:50 am
The dark merlot color of the Rose of Sharon is fab! Very elegant. I think that planning for flowers in late summer is so smart – spring really takes care of itself but having that burst of color later on is so meaningful. Your fresh mulch looks so nice, that’s inspiring! Bonnie
August 9, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I love seeing all of these pictures! I’m a garden nut, but can’t plant anything as I live with my parents and they said no.
August 11, 2009 at 8:12 am
I love your garden photos Keep sharing
humm that reminds me I’m going to have to update mine LOL ;D