I was reading some snarky garden article the other day about the overuse of salvia by landscape designers and I looked out into my yard in horror . . . you guys, I have SO much salvia. In my defense, I was sent 21 of them by High Country Gardens in
the weirdest order mix-up ever, but I've still got a lot that are my doing.
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Salvia sylvestris 'Blue Hill' |
I love them and the bees love them. And they smell so good and sweaty. 'Caradonna' and 'May Night' are still going and will go on all summer.
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Salvia 'Indigo Spires' is just getting going |
But the most exciting thing right now is that my Yucca recurvifolia bloomed! Hot damn.
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Lilium martagon 'Arabian Night' |
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Helenium 'Mardi Gras' |
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Eremurus 'Lemon Meringue' are just finishing up |
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Verbascum epixanthium |
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Fuschia magellanica 'Hawkshead' |
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Scabiosa caucasica 'Fama Blue' |
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Asclepias speciosa |
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Penstemon x 'Enor' |
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Agastache aurantica 'Navajo Sunset' |
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Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' |
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Papaver 'Drama Queen' |
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Papaver hybridium 'Lauren's Grape' |
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Verbena boariensis |
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Clarkia amoena 'Aurora' |
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Agrostemma githago |
This summer has really snuck up on me . . . I feel like I'll be putting the garden to bed for winter if I don't stop and enjoy things. Happy bloom day and thank you to
our host Carol!