What's in full bloom now? JULY 15-31 2010

Shasta Daisy 'Goldrush'

Love that Buddleia. I'm trying to root some cuttings that I got from Joy- I hope it works! I want one of those in my yard so bad.

Gloriosa Daisys

Japanese Anemone

I've totally slacked off on taking pictures lately. Tsk. I'll have to go out and snap some when the light is right in the yard.

I love these little miniature single dahlias- they're blooming up a storm around the base of a dinnerplate dahlia I have in a whiskey barrel...

Hydranga. This is my blue one.

Love those. Great color.

Double campanula. Love this too.

This looked really nice as a color combo

And a younger picture of the Goldrush. More yellow

I just cannot get a good photo of this container. The yellow dahlia glares out every time. Argh. But this is where the mini dahlias are- there are three around the base of the yellow guy. (Summit Steady)

That is a nice combo. What's the burgandy leaf?

Love the daisies.

I like the texture and color also Willow.
Pony you are busy with the garden. Lots and lots more to see.

The burgandy leaf is cimicifuga or Actaea or snakeroot.

Jackmani and roses.

Rose Twice Spice and perennial mallow.

Daylily Red Volunteer and noid.

Edited to add heuchera Purple Palace in foreground.

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Wild sweet pea that I have "tamed".

White astilbe.

Nikko Blue hydrangea.

Nikko Blue in another location.

Cl Dynamite and Violet Charm clem.

Daylily Mountain Violet, peachleaf campanula, and veronica speedwell.

Volunteer feverfew.

Campanula Get Mee. second bloom Discovered at the NW garden show and love it. Hope it overwinters!

And I have to brag about the Hollyhocks that are blooming at the EWA house. I think I got their seeds at the seed swap event at Pixy's.

And another.

One last picture.

Sharon, your gardens are so incredible! It must be such a pleasure to stroll around and see all the blooming things. So much color! I love wild sweet peas.

Yes, incredibly pretty. How did you tame a wild sweetpea?

Todays photos with my walk about.

I thought the Astilbes were especially great.

You incorporate the sweet pea in your garden and give it something to climb on so it wants to stay.

See you are home again to enjoy your yard, Steve. Lovely. I find it interesting that the astilbe are blooming here and there at the same time.

Sharon and Steve, beautiful!

My potted begonias are starting to reach their prime.

My hostas here are not blooming yet, but are at their prime of color. In front are some of the heucheras that Pixy gave me cuttings from last year.

Gallardia Goblin and noid crocosmia.

You garden is lovely, Sharon.

Lots of pretty stuff in everybody's yard! I am still fascinated by the differences in bloom times from one yard to another, and am looking forward to seeing it "charted" when I get it done. I am also very much enjoying the pictures of everyone's gardens as they are changing throughout the season.

The down side of my daylily addiction is that it requires most of my daily garden time to document seedlings, so I don't focus on much else. Not complaining mind you.... I have had at least 100 never before seen daylily faces to photograph this year, and have been doing the happy dance about quite a few of them.

Here are a few of the pretty daylily blooms in my yard over the last few days...

Painting the Roses Red...

Thanks, Kathy. It is nice when I can be selective with the camera and avoid including the many weeds I still have to get to.

I am not quite sure how I feel about this one yet. It only had a couple of blooms for me last year, so this is it's first year to really see it perform, and it's kinda funky. The blooms are about 10" in diameter, so it definitely stands out.

Webster's Pink Wonder.....