Back From New Mexico

Returned from a week in Santa Fe and everything looks great.  We got rain while I was gone, then another half inch yesterday and overnight.  A massive hurricane is bearing down on us for Sunday.

The butterfly weed has rebloomed and is gorgeous orange.  I love how the Karl Foerster grasses weave among the plants in Meadow's Edge.  They are still wispy, but will get bigger next year.

The caryopteris is blooming in jewel tones of amethyst.

Hydrangeas are blooming.  Look how defoliated and awful the birches look in the distance in this picture.  Bleeeah.

The lespedeza is starting to get its "wild" look, and little tiny buds are lining all the branches.