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The front garden bed has also come into its own, with purple cranesbill, blue spiderwort, a few remaining yellow daylilies, purple and white foxglove, and assorted roses. The spiderwort are a little subtle, as color goes, so I'll have to see about getting something brighter mixed in their for next season.
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There's also shasta daisies, monks cap lilies (if the lily leaf beetles and I can come to some agreement), pineapple lilies, sweet william and rose of sharon yet to come.
Although the roses seen here (on the right) are actually pink, they do create an illusory echo of that patriotic color scheme here when combined with the white foxglove and blue spiderwort.
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The back garden gets the best sun and that's exactly the sort of encouragement these wild daisies were waiting on. Nice to welcome the heat and humidity this weekend (oh, come on, people...you only just got over griping about how cold it was...you're not already starting on this latest weather trend, are you?).
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Although it is not being overrun by the giant bellflower, this pink spiderwort is a bit hidden from view by them. Here's a clearer shot than I offered the other day. I was mistaken about the petals...each flower does have three of them, but they are smaller than the others.
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Foxgloves along the garden path.
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I'll renew my disclaimer from last year about knowing more about plants than bugs, insects and spiders...which doesn't at all mean I can't appreciate the work this spider's doing in the tall grass under our western apple tree...even if I cannot properly introduce her.
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White foxglove mingles with red valerian.
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I'm pretty sure this is bindweed which threads itself through the yet untamed corners of the back garden field. It certain does tend to choke other things...but there's a part of me that loves the pink morning-glory-like flower...and I sometimes think about giving it a place to climb in future seasons.
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From the southeast corner of the field, another angle on the afternoon garden.
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In the northeastern corner of the garden, this double magenta rose battles fiercely to hold its own against the Grapes Gone Wild that still dominate the area. It seems like a fair fight.
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Clicking and hopping through the garden, this grasshopper seems pleased to welcome the summer heat, even if others are not.
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There's also a great population of butterflies and moths coming into the garden to frolic and dine now, like these two on the yarrow.
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A happy patch of calendula.
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By late afternoon, this peony in the back garden had fully opened and was joining the heliotrope and roses in scenting the warm breezes.
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Verbena bonariensis, now about three feet tall and climbing.
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On the house's western side, some white sweet william joins the show. Love those pink stamens!
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