Monday, June 22, 2009

Lots of Blooming in the Garden!










This is prime time in our garden! The left photo is a chocolate foxglove. No, sorry it doesn't smell like chocolate! So you aren't missing anything. I got it at one of my favorite herb farms Mulberry Creek. This is Karen Langan's description in their catalog:

"Milk chocolate-red flowers look good enough to eat- but don't. You couldn't squeeze in another flower between the narrow, glossy green leaves on sturdy stems. Seed stalks are dried for outrageous flower arrangements."

The herb garden is looking good and the heat will help the size of some plants this week! The yellow blooming plant in the right photo above is rosemary leaved santolina also from Mulberry Creek. The middle photo below is from the front and it is in transition from spring to summer. The "wild" day lilies are in bloom. The red bee balm is about to start blooming. Last Wednesday we had almost four inches of rain in the garden! We are supposed to have a hot and mostly dry week this week. Finally!

2 comments:

Comfrey Cottages said...

everything looks so wonderful nancy! thanks for sharing! we have gone into a hot spell with a vengence! urgh! heat index of 102 yesterday with terrible humidity!!sending you cooling thoughts too! hugs :)

Lemon Verbena Lady said...

WOW! 102 heat index! Cooling thoughts back to you!