Mid-summer Phlox Fun!

White Lilies

MORNING!

 and EVENING!

Blooming Mother-In-Law's Tongues!

Yeah, I know--sounds like a rock band!  But it's just an annual event in my gardens.

Hostas in the Rain

More Asiatic Lilies

 I often take multiple pictures of the same subject from nearly the same angle looking for subtle differences.  Can you see any?

Another Lily Blooms!

Bee Balm!

Over the years as I have gardened and pretty much created my gardens from scratch, I have learned so much. I have fancied plants and worked with them to much success with some and none with others. Yet, I continue to fancy many.

Some of my successes have been:

Phlox--(so much so that I have to keep them corralled in a specific plot that I am thrilled with, but am also always pulling up others from elsewhere in the garden!)
Celandine Poppy--(a consistent friend in early spring)
Ragwort--(still ascending)
Soldago Goldenrod
Tiger Lily
Bleeding Heart
Monk's Hood
Fire-cracker Lysimacia
St. John's Wort
Coneflower
Japanese Anemone

Some that were strong, but faded away include:

Purple Loosestrife--(good riddance!)
Foxglove
Lithodora
Butterfly Weed
Goat Spurge
Lupine
Cleome

And then there are some like Bee Balm (Monarda) that I have wanted for from forever and tired time and again to no ultimate success. (I have neighbors with amazing beds of the butterfly, honey bee and even hummingbird magnet blossoms.) Then last year I planted a set of them again in the lower raised bed of the circle's garden. They did fine. Never bloomed. grew to a height of about 2.5 feet, then died back in the fall. Oh well, I thought. And now this!? They came back like gang-busters! And they are in at least three colors: Carnation Pink, Deep Pink and Purple! I am so happy.

Happy Hot Buddha

Even record breaking heat doesn't cause Buddha to frown.

Roses

June Means Asiatic Lilies

Simple as a Sedum

My Ferns

From a barely grass covered clay hard front yard back in 1994 when I bought my home to this lush Fern rich little garden.  Amazing.

More Azalea Close Encounters

From My Gardens, of course!