Specialty Gardening: Summer... share your pic's, 1 by cactuspatch

cactuspatch wrote:
I will make a note of that if I get up the courage to try the orchids. One thing that is always important here is having a nice overhang--which I was so happy this house had 3 very large porches to keep the house cool in summer. However, I don't have much light that get through for house plants and grow mostly ivies and hoyas.

Neat window box. I would never have thought of tomatoes, but if it is in full sun it should produce.

Thanks for the kind comment on the last photo. Those daisies stay short and don't flop. They don't bloom as much as the taller varieties I used to have though. We don't get much wind here and the wall helps with that too. We are in the foothills so I guess that helps with the wind.

This is a larkspur that I was excited to see the color of this year. I bought a pack of mixed seeds. White, pink, and blue probably 15-20 years ago. They cross with each other and reseed yearly. I have the 3 solid colors that still come up yearly without me ever planting.