and other fluffy things.
The David phlox is blooming now.
It is a late bloomer in my garden and I love that about it.
It gives the garden a much longer blooming season than all the other garden phlox
that are now almost bloomed out.
This hydrangea below is 'Limelight'
I will have a lot of it to dry this year.
My problem is that it takes so much space to store it,
before I can use it in arrangements and wreaths.
The riverbank grape that grows on the arbor has a tendency to hinder it's growth.
A few weeks ago I started really cutting back the vine and I noticed so much bee activity around it and
even got stung and then noticed there is a huge hornet's nest in the middle of it.
I have got to get rid of it because the children play around the arbor all of the time
and I can't risk them being stung too. I have a grandson that has to keep his epi-pen with
him all the time because of his bee allergy.
These Limelights grow next to the pergola over the front patio.
The lavender hydrangea here is planted in an urn on the patio.
It isn't winter hardy here so I plant them as an annual planting in the pots.
I have hydrangeas all through the gardens here and love how they really show off in the Fall.
They are such a great companion to roses in bouquets.
They give them such a beautiful, soft look.
I can hardly cut a vase of roses without adding the hydrangeas to them.
The pots are all still blooming beautifully too.
These little violas are all volunteers from last year in this urn.
Sweet little things saved me some money.
I just had to add the coleus and sweet potato vine.
I LOVE this color combination!
I have been so pleased with the way the garden performed this year even with the late start it got.
The vegetable garden is now giving us plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and squash.
We are eating so healthy it's ridiculous!
