Pacific Northwest Gardening: Taming the wild garden, 1 by

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Hello all. Just having some time on the computer this morning, back from vacation (so to speak) and having had one day in the garden before the rain and cooler weather hit. I know, Laurie. I should not complain considering your weather report for this summer. The roses do love the sunshine so much, though, and resent being rained on. It is a gloomy day and looks to be so all week. Sigh. We were to get a new roof for the house today. Not happening. No way.

RE the Queen's corgis: she would surely change her mind about that breed if she met the little nasties who live behind us. I've met many fine Corgis. These are not among them. When they bark, the enitre neighborhood cringes. They are not nearly so cute as Tyler.

While the sun was shining I was able to get some photos of the garden. Here are a few of my favorites:

I am loving the effect of this trumpet lily 'African Queen' with the smoke trees. I wish the trees were even deeper purple. I have one such up front and have placed some orangish daylilies underneath it this year. Maybe next year I will get the display in that area. Not an intuitive color combo, purplish with orangish, but I am liking it.

RE knowing the proper names for plants, it is my measure of my brain functioning and estrogen production. LOL! I consider knowing the names of my plants to be one way to keep the little grey cells functioning. When I begin having too many of those 'estrogen moments' where I simply cannot call up a name from memory, I know I am in trouble. The 'lost tag' brigade gets whatever names I come up with at the moment. Hydrangeas I've grown from cuttings have many varied names.