Summer has been quite lovely so far. Mornings are cool and still and sunny. We're having a real monsoon season with some rain on a few days but a lot of afternoon big puffy clouds and storm cells passing by. Every day.
I fertilized everything today.
With the rain, my greater attention to weekly fertilizing and the hand watering I've been doing, I am getting better and longer lasting results this year.
The Coronation Gold yarrow by the driveway is still blooming nicely.
The Sweet Summer Love vine did not reach the top of the shepherd's crook as it has in the past, but it is blooming way longer and more fully.
Other things that have not lasted long or looked very good are much, much better this year.
Water, water, fertilize!!
The kitchen courtyard looks lovely, although plants are still tidy things, not touching at all.
What looks problematic are the butterfly bushes, both this one in the corner of the fence, which is sparse and twiggy and blooming just a bit at the top, as well as the Honeycomb butterfly bush out front. It too looks sparse and not very full.
I guess I'll cut both down to a foot tall for winter and see what they do next year.
The fernbush in front is blooming. Subtle but pretty.
