Fourth of July was noisy but uneventful last night. Mornings are still beautiful and cool.
The Leilani coneflowers in the kitchen courtyard are looking nice and blooming cheerfully. There's an emitter there and I water frequently. But the ones in the dining room window are in too much shade and growing okay but not blooming well.
They need to go somewhere in more sun, but I don't know where.
The bright coreopsis by the deck looks great. It needs daily water in this terra cotta bowl.
The red lambs ears are blooming pretty well, and the white Icicle veronicas look nice with them. (But the one Icicle veronica that I planted in the kitchen courtyard is not doing well. It came up very late, and is still only a six inch blob of foliage, I don't know why. It has an emitter there and I water it.)
The new cardinal penstemon has glossy vivid red flowers, really nice. But so far it is a tall skinny stalk. It should in future years spread out to something like three feet wide.
Obedient plants are starting to bloom. Now that they do not compete under the birdbath in the thyme carpet, they are getting quite tall.
I love how the early sunrise light slants in through the gate area and lights up this part of the circle garden each morning.
With the rain we have had and the cool weather, everything looks good, even the field is green.