Hot, sunny, humid, and hot. It's a hot start to July, in the 90s. I have been needing to water for the past several days.
I love the deep blue lobelia plants that I grew from seed this year. I have several in pots around the gravel garden too.
The crocosmia really are pleasing me, finally. This is a plant I tried in a couple locations, and never got it to winter over. Never got a big stand like Gwen's next door. But this little group around the light post is coming along and I like it.
I finally have sunflowers. But for all the work to grow them from seed, dig out 20 spots in the meadow, cage them, water them . . . not much to show, and the wild ones growing in the rock scree up the hill are nicer. These are really kind of small.
Daisies by the patio wall are blooming.
And how cool are these black pansies?
I always love the way the Albury Purple St. Johnswort holds the water drops.





