What's the first thing you do when returning home after days away ?
Check out the GARDEN !
Not too exciting yet...
A few shade lovers...established beds.
Hydrangea(Mophead) have no idea what kind of "mophead".
A little Mophead
Have so many different kinds of ferns but I'm guessing this is Lady Fern
(Athyrium felix-femina)
Astilbe...had as many as 6 in this same area but they never impressed me.
Maybe they need more sun, or it could be that the blooms are just very short lived.
Chameleon Houttuynia-looks like ivy doesn't it ?
This is a slow grower and easy to pull out.
It was always so rewarding watching my own seedlings grow and produce flowers but the disappointing weather this spring may have changed that...at least so far this year.
But lately...we're been getting some sunshine !
Maybe there's hope for late performance.
Now some sun lovers...mostly from the garden mart.
Hibiscus
Beebalm with Feather Reed Grass planted along side of it.
Looks kinda neat mixed this way.
Obedient Plant or Physostegia 'Virginiana Miss Manners'
closer view
Red Caster Bean (seeds from Victoria)sharing the arbor with Madam Galen Trumpet Vine.
Unknown Annual
Butterfly Bush...Buddleia davidii
This was just surviving in light shade for years, then I moved it to current full sun location.
Happy now but looks like it should be pruned for a nicer look.
Wonder if I still can shape it up...
closer view
G-Hakonechloa Aureola
Catmint or Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
Marigolds
Some kind of Daisies.
A few Coreopsis grandifora-tickweed "sunrise".
Coneflowers (from seed years ago) just starting to bloom.
