This is my favourite garden at my favourite time of year. Scroll down for plant identifications and close-ups.
Above: the view from the dining patio. I apologize for the shadows... I'm not on holidays anymore so I don't have the option of waiting around for the best light. This is how the garden looks first thing in the morning before I leave for work!
Above: and the view from the sunroom at the back of the house.
In the above photos: borage, asiatic lily 'Landini', elder 'Black Lace', achillea (yarrow) 'Cerise Queen', liatris picata, helictotrichon sempervirens (blue oat grass), sedum 'Purple Emperor', perovskia (russian sage).
In the above photos: perovskia (russian sage), annual cosmos from seed, blue salvia 'May Night', yellow asiatic lily; aconitum (monkshood) and cosmos; rose 'Morden Sunrise', yellow daylily and borage.
In the above photos: snapdragons 'Ribbon Series' and borage from seed; rudbeckia 'Golden Glow' and cosmos; rudbeckia in front of 'Diabolo' ninebark; rudbeckia 'Golden Glow'.
Here's what this garden looks like at other times of the year:
- mid August 2010
- early August 2010
- late July 2010
- mid July 2010 (my favourite time of year for this garden!)
- early July 2010
- late June 2010
- early June 2010
- 2009 overview
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