summer exuberance
Every morning now I go out in the garden with great anticipation – the summer perennials are just a few days away from full bloom. The daisies promise to spoil me, the cone flowers are already in bloom and last but not least, this dreamy lily.
As a reward for my devoted efforts with respect to weeding and dead-heading the garden decided to sprout a couple of nice surprises for the humble gardener, all arising from the plant-it-and-forget-it category, echoes and memories of summers past: the Canterbury Bells featured in the picture below, a very healthy and thriving false indigo and the very much alive Maltese Cross that didn’t take kindly to being relocated last summer.
As a side note, the giant purple cleomes are the gift that keeps on giving, and it looks like we’ll have many more this summer than there were last year, even after I significantly thinned their eager sprouts.
I couldn’t help but notice that the hostas and the cone flowers are at least a month early and every single herb is bent on blooming, even the fussy lovage. I know I should snip off the flower head to make it leaf out more, but who am I kidding, I’m tickled pink to see it in bloom, that means it’s thriving. Besides, the flower heads are very handsome and, much like those of anise and dill, are quite beloved by the Monarch butterfly.
From what I can tell so far it’s going to be a wonderful year for the hostas, which developed spectacular foliage during the rainy spring and are currently covered by a mass of flower stalks.
The garden phlox is now officially taller than me and in full bloom, a lot sooner than usual, compared to its normal blooming habits. Summer came early this year.
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