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One good thing about incessant rain, it makes for lovely flowers. My deck is definitely bedecked (and in sore need of sealing again, so ignore the weathered wood planking):
I actually put fewer plants in each planter this year and they're still crowding each other out. This grouping below has red salvia, yellow marigolds, purple sage, pink begonias and the big leafy plant in the middle front is chocolate mint, which really does smell like chocolate mint and makes me crave Girl Scout Thin Mints so bad. XD The statue is what I call my "Little Lady." Not a statue of Ste. Mary nor Diana... not really sure who she might be, but I spotted her in the "seconds" section of a local garden center and fell in love. There's a few flaws on the back of the statue but none in front. I think I've had her for about as long as we've been married (32 years). She reminds me of something Anne might have found in one of her adventures in Anne of Green Gables.
This is the first year I've had truly good results with New Guinea impatiens. I think what's been missing all the years they only poked along is a LOT of rain. Next year I'll be sure to have hubby put in an extra emitter or two in the drip irrigation system I use to keep all the pots watered. For scale, each bloom is nearly as big as my palm.
And the wildflowers love this weather, too:
This is a black-eyed susan blooming with Queen Anne's lace along our driveway. Nature puts together far prettier arrangements than I ever could! Also, I think I've mildly complained about my sweet neighbor, in his enthusiasm to be helpful, mowing down all the wildflowers on "our" side of our joined driveways... well, we've had to redo the drainage ditch on our side and he could no longer get his mower over to our patch and now all the wildflowers have come back. Yay, I have black-eyed susans, white Queen Anne's lace, ox-eye daisies, pink sweet pea and orange daylilies again!
Not sure how long these flowers will look as vibrant as they do now. Usually when the summer heat hits, they start getting leggy and blooming isn't as profuse. Nothing for it but to enjoy them while they're at their peak.
I actually put fewer plants in each planter this year and they're still crowding each other out. This grouping below has red salvia, yellow marigolds, purple sage, pink begonias and the big leafy plant in the middle front is chocolate mint, which really does smell like chocolate mint and makes me crave Girl Scout Thin Mints so bad. XD The statue is what I call my "Little Lady." Not a statue of Ste. Mary nor Diana... not really sure who she might be, but I spotted her in the "seconds" section of a local garden center and fell in love. There's a few flaws on the back of the statue but none in front. I think I've had her for about as long as we've been married (32 years). She reminds me of something Anne might have found in one of her adventures in Anne of Green Gables.
This is the first year I've had truly good results with New Guinea impatiens. I think what's been missing all the years they only poked along is a LOT of rain. Next year I'll be sure to have hubby put in an extra emitter or two in the drip irrigation system I use to keep all the pots watered. For scale, each bloom is nearly as big as my palm.
And the wildflowers love this weather, too:
This is a black-eyed susan blooming with Queen Anne's lace along our driveway. Nature puts together far prettier arrangements than I ever could! Also, I think I've mildly complained about my sweet neighbor, in his enthusiasm to be helpful, mowing down all the wildflowers on "our" side of our joined driveways... well, we've had to redo the drainage ditch on our side and he could no longer get his mower over to our patch and now all the wildflowers have come back. Yay, I have black-eyed susans, white Queen Anne's lace, ox-eye daisies, pink sweet pea and orange daylilies again!
Not sure how long these flowers will look as vibrant as they do now. Usually when the summer heat hits, they start getting leggy and blooming isn't as profuse. Nothing for it but to enjoy them while they're at their peak.
