weekend update

Front door bed is looking thin. Needs moar columbines and leadwort, I think.


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Coleus (and, to a lesser extent, the impatiens and sage) got totally buried by the sweet potato vine in the front door pot.



Not-entirely successful attempt to capture the weird-yet-pleasing orange-and-pinky-purple color combo going on in the sidewalk bed:

weekend update

Robesons on barn wood railroad ties! Twee af.

what's blooming

August 2016 Bloom Day
Flame flower (Phemeranthus (Talinum) calycinum ):



Leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides):



Desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua):



Sunset Hyssop (Agastache rupestris):





Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia):

weekend update

Backyard: Tomatoes plugging along. Purple Thai basil flowers.







As threatened, I scalped the yard arugula. Whacked back the Maximilian sunflowers and daylilies and cleaned up along the flagstone path.




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