Today I am so thankful of this unseasonable cool weather. I headed outside to enjoy the garden while this cool weather lasts. This was my perch this morning before the sun ran me into the Casa. As you can see in the background there is a sea of Gooseneck Loosestrife under the apple tree. Chris over at
Outside Clyde was just mentioning how controversial this plant can be due to its aggressive spreading. All I can say is that I like it. It does spread out whereever you plant it but it is manageable. I just rip it out whenever it gets too close to something. It doesn't mind being in the dry shade that the apple tree presents it. It works well in flower arrangements too.
Another thing I am thankful for is this hardy plant that my cousin
Beckie at
Dragonfly Corner gave me. I don't know what it is but it is also surviving the not so great conditions of partial sun and dry environment. The only thing is I don't know what it is. Hey Beckie, do you remember what you gave me?? Does anyone else know what this might be?? It doesn't look like anything I have ever grown. It looks like it might bloom sometime soon. Maybe then I can figure out what it is.
I have a tomato in a topsy turvey plant hanger that my daughter gave us for Easter. We had a Cherokee Purple Tomato so we planted it in the hanger. It is growing and by golly we are going to have a tomato or two.
All of this an my favorite daylily, Wilson's Spider, has started blooming. This one always pleases me. It is the only spider daylily I have. It is the first one I ever saw at the time when I bought it. It doesn't cease to please me.
I hope you all are pleased with the way summer is going in your garden.