The humidity broke, today is partly sunny and dry, and just lovely. Everything looks good after a rain, although the storms did beat down the grasses and a few perennials.
It was cool and pleasant enough to plant. I got a Ruby Spice clethra at Warner's over the weekend. I had wanted to put one on the right side of the spruce berm where the white ones (mismarked? they were supposed to be Ruby Spice when I bought them) are. So here was a big one, and let's hope it really blooms pink! I put it in right behind the lower Hummingbird clethra.
Here's something that has been bugging me all season. The two pots of gooseneck loosestrife that are nestled behind the yellowroot along the spruce berm are doing nothing. No blooms. Are they too crowded in those pots?
I thought the arching white blooms would be nice in between the low yellowroot and in front of the dark green hollies and evergreens. Pffft.
I need to take them out and put something more interesting in the containers now.
