I can get out into the garden a bit in the boot, and do small chores. I deadheaded the columbines today.
The Playboy orange rose is flowering nicely. The blooms change from yellow and orange to coral pink.
The Jupiter's Beard flowered and flopped, and was just going by as it mingled with the purple clematis on the tower. I've since deadheaded it. It made a nice relaxed look all jumbled together. The clematis is not as purple as I wanted, but the reddish magenta goes with the soft rosy Jupiter's Beard nicely.
The Coronation Gold yarrow gets too much water with an emitter right at its base. It flops badly but looks great, Next year I either need to pinch that emitter off or set some support rings in front of it. And tucked in behind the yarrow I found a perfect little blanket flower, a relic from a past year.
Neither of the Palmer's penstemons that I put in this strip has survived.
The Spanish broom that planted itself right at the house wall under the portal is in flower now. it's awkward and badly placed, but kind of nice.
The poor robin tried again this year to make a nest on the light fixture right above the patio slider door. I had to put the rabbit up there to discourage her. She was so confused and alarmed but this year she was brave enough to fly up and sit on top of it.
She eventually gave up and went off to find another spot for her nest. I think it must be the same robin from last year. She really wants to build a nest where it would be most inconvenient for us and disruptive for her chicks as we come and go through that door.