August 2014 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Blue ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Stokesia ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Monarda, daylilies, coreopsis ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) minature balloon flowers ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Rocket City ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Mount Zion ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Mount Zion ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Rocket City ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Rudbeckia ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Un-named, unfortunately from WWF 50 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!
What a lovely perennial border. I didn't realize there were so many daylilies that bloomed so late in the summer. The stokesia is also outstanding. Actually the entire bed is. Great job!
That's a very beautiful August garden CM Do you have a hard time keeping your pool leaf-free in Fall? It must be a real pleasure to stroll through your garden.
That is a gorgeous bed! You have great combinations in there. You have me thinking I need to add something else in my daylily beds. I have a couple late bloomers in there, but otherwise it's colorless this time of year.
Your stuff is looking REALLY good. Youy have shown a number of remarkable fotos and angles this time...but the ones that I was most interested in were the ones of your Stokesia. It is a flower that I grow myself and am always so pleased to see it come up and bloom. It is sort of an "old-fashioned" plant over here, but I am quite fond of it never-the-less. Yours look striking.
Every shot is beautiful!!! I am jealous the only thing I have left is phlox, and a petunia or two and a geranium here and there.
Hi Sjoerd--Thanks for your comments. I am interested to hear Stokesia is "an old fashioned flower" in West Friesland. Here it is little known. I treasure their light periwinkle blue color. I find mine tend to flop. Do yours? Do you know why? I wonder if my soil is too rich for them. I plan to place a support over them next year for them to grow through. Strats--Thanks! My phlox re taking over now. That and rudbeckia. My petunias died out long ago!
Hello there Cayuga. Mine "flop" also. I guess that it is their nature.They like to be in the full sun best..but they can be in half-shade (that is where I have mine). They like a chalky ground that is rich and well-drained. They like to grow in the open but mine are flanked by other plants hahaha. I imagine that being supported by neighbouring plants makes their floppiness more pronounced. I have been thinking about taking some root cuttings this winter in order to get a few more of them. I shall have to see how much time I have though. If you do anything with yours let me know, I would be interested in hearing about it.
I love your yard! There's so many different flowers blooming. The daylilies are gorgeous and I really like the mix of colors, the plants spilling out on the brick and the blues that are scattered here and there that really catch my eye. Beautiful!
Beautiful photo of all your hard work...do you get help with your garden? My husband says he will be helping me next summer, he will be done with work at the end of March.
Hi all, thanks for your comments & seeds. Sjoerd, I'll use supports on the stokesia next year & let you know how it goes. 2ofus, Thanks! I tend to prefer an overfull, overflowing look in the garden. I know sometimes other people prefer a sparser, more contained (ie less messy) look, but, not me so much. Sherry, no my husband doesn't help! He does other things, the lawn, the computers (no small feat), bathroom repairs, tree cutting, he is the house chef (yes!) etc etc. I am thinking of getting a plot in a community garden next year or the year after & I hope I can interest him in vegie gardening. We don't have enough sun on our property for vegies.
Oké Cayuga. I may well use supports as well...or at least some twine around them. Thanks in advance for letting me know.
