The August garden. It always looks a little wonky around here. A few things are passed their prime, but the zinnias and ornamental onions are just entering as the star of the show. Only another month before most of these annuals will come out and I’ll be trading the summer colors for fall reds and golds. Here’s a look at where we started and where we’re at now! We had a big storm come through in late July, and some plants have just never recovered. Such is life as a gardener!
May:
August:
This one turned out to be more purple than I had intended. The purple flowers seemed to enjoy their spot more than the other flowers I had in there that provided some depth of color.
May:
August:
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August:
May:
August:
May:
August:
Didn’t survive. Ha! It didn’t get watered for about a week while we were out of town, and it was a goner by the time I realize it.
June:
August:
May west side garden:
August:
June:
August:
Do you have a favorite garden combo? Right now, I find myself admiring the west garden daily. It’s brimming with vibrant colors.
Wow! Those before and after photos show quite the growth! I feel like hardly anything in our garden grew and filled in this year. Not much bloomed either and I can’t figure out why since everything is really green and looks fairly healthy.
Oh wow – that is so weird! Maybe just sub-par quality plants?? It’s always a mystery when things don’t perform well to try to figure out exactly what went wrong.