Odds and Ends in the mid-summer garden

Trough planter

Native plant - Culver's Root

Wine-colored bee balm

A new daylily variety

Daylilies line the bed at the road

Multicolor hydrangea at my mom's house

A new iris variety

Rain barrel added to the garden shed this summer.  Already filled and overflowing from a few storms

On and around the deck/patio...

New pets in the fountain (converted planter)

Yellow (!) begonia mixed with perennials -- a shady container

Rex begonia 'Escargot' -- perfection

The soil/light combination here produces giant-sized versions of plants

Purples, pinks and whites

Shady spot under the deck

Butterfly/Bee/Hummingbird Garden Mid-Summer

Entry Path

                                                     

Butterfly Weed -- Swarming with activity

The tall pink cotton-candy-like flower --- Queen of the Prairie.

Goose-neck Loosestrife -- an awesome cut flower

Yellows and purples

Exit path

Clematis climbing the trellis

Clematis and climbing rose on the other side of the trellis