Front welcome garden perennials in bloom: daylilies, echinacea, veronica spicata 'Sunny Border Blue', yarrow 'Paprika' and 'Moonshine', catmint 'Walker's Low', liatris spicata, rudbeckia, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster'; foliage of cushion spurge and tiger eyes sumac are starting to change colour. Annuals: california poppy, painted sage, euphorbia, borage.
Closer to the house perennials in bloom: yarrow, veronica spicata 'Red Fox', monarda (bee balm), monkshood, annabelle hydrangea, purple bugbane; foliage of bleeding heart is starting to change colour. Annuals: painted sage. These areas are struggling along and I'm hoping that they will do better next year after I take out a tree.
In the side garden, there are only perennials blooming: liatris, red yarrow, clematis, globe thistle. I'm thinking I should put some annual cosmos or cleome in here next year - some of my favourite flowers for cutting!
In the butterfly potager perennials: roses, clematis, hyssop, agastache, hollyhocks, daylily, red bee balm, annabelle hydrangea. Annuals: scarlet runner bean, red poppies, petunias, verbena bonariensis, nasturtiums.
In the back shade garden perennials: ligularia, astilbe, hostas, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster'.
In the kids' adventure garden perennials: roses, rudbeckia 'Golden Glow', peachleaf bellflower, russian sage, echinacea, liatris, sedum matrona, monkshood, blue flax, yarrow, lamb's ears, plume poppy, russian sage, deschampsia (tufted hair grass) and helictotrichon (blue oat grass). Annuals: lavatera, nicotiana sylvestris, verbena bonariensis, cosmos, borage, snapdragons, clarkia.
Oh, and don't forget those yummy edibles! These days we're eating lettuce, scarlet runner beans, and tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes from the garden. The tomato season may be short in Calgary, but if you ask me at this time of year I will say it sure is worth it to have taken care of those plants all summer in order to have a glorious few weeks of the most delicious tomatoes you can possible imagine! (Can you tell, I'm on a tomato high right now!)
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