Thursday, August 15, 2013

Bloom Day: August 2013

Sunny days, cooler nights, vibrant colors.

Our summer in Storey country has been a rainy one. Lately the weather has begun to take a turn for the better. The sun is shining more often than not, the evening temperatures have been dipping into the 50s and 60s — perfect for sleeping — and because of the wetter-than-normal conditions, the landscape is still glowing bright and green and the flowers are almost electric!

Maribeth Casey, Williamstown, Massachusetts:

Zinnia


Yellow cosmos


American cranberry bush

Black-eyed Susans


Sweet potato vine and purple verbena

Clematis

Emily Spiegelman, Wendell, Massachusetts:

Ace Summer Sunset dahlia 

American Dawn dahlia

Seattle dahlia

MaryAnn Nรธbben, Skammestein, Norway:

Not so much blooms as creating new spaces this time around — maybe it'll look better by next Bloom Day!  Here's hoping.


New garden spaces and a future small lawn

New plants to put in the new spaces: heucheras, low spreading geraniums, Ligularia ‘Desdemona’, crocus, and allium bulbs.

Cabin bed with red and yellow yarrow, blue flax, and
pink and white something for which I can't remember the name!

A crowded mass waiting to be divided and put into the new spaces

Not actually flowering, thank heaven, but a very successful raised salad garden
and a pot of dill in the foreground. Have had lovely fresh salads all summer,
and these will last until the frosts arrive (a good while yet, I’m hoping!!).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That salad bed is beautiful!

Anonymous said...

That salad bed is beautiful!

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