This was a brand new area of the garden this spring and it looked fairly bare. Because perennials take a few years to get going, I started some annuals from seed to fill in the gaps. I don't really know what I was thinking though, because all the annuals I planted are giants by the end of the season! Here are lavatera, castor bean, cleome and nicotiana taking over the garden.
They look great but I can barely see my new perennials. I'm almost tempted to cut these annuals down just so I can get a better look at the permanent perennial composition. I already pulled out the floppy clarkia and added some 'Husker's Red' penstemon instead (not in this pic).
Hmm, what to do, what to do... Maybe we'll get an early frost and this will all be moot. Wait, did I just wish for frost? It must be getting close to the end of summer and I am getting tired!
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