Mid-Atlantic Gardening: July blooms, 4 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
After drooling all over the photos you all have shared here, I am going to embarrass myself now by sharing what I have left in the front beds (and what has come back) after the termite-spraying fiasco. So much had to be cut waaayyy back. With the way my schedule has been with school and appointments, work, heat etc, please ignore all the weeds. I will get to them, I promise, just.. for now, please pretend they are not there. Oh, and in pic #1.. I try to keep clover around on purpose for the bunnies. =)

1 - The petunias on the side of the porch. I'd cut them back to about 2" tall, they had sprawled all over the place and were up against the porch before. On July 1 EVERYTHING got cut way back to make sure I had at least 6" of space between plants and structure. For these little guys, they were nothing but stem and a few leaves on July 1. Now they are no longer sprawly, they are all bushy and full, Wheee!! :)

2 - Red annual verbena and carpet of snow alyssum are running rampant again after their haircuts.

3 - I love the pink annual verbena with purple petunias, a lovely colour combo. I love petunias anyway. :)

4 - A little red verbena, a little pink, a little sprig of alyssum, a little coreopsis. What a tossed salad!

5 - Purple Homestead verbena plays really well with wax begonias and million bells that came back from last year. At first I thought they might simply be re-seeds from last years' plants, but when I checked the soil, I found that they are the actual plants from last year. I guess this past winter really was very mild!