Took these end of July but forgot to post so they go here:
My Gebrueder Grimm is a favorite rose now and in full bloom again. It's such a healthy rose with dark shiny leaves. Very impressed with it!
Grace (Austin) is full of blooms again, check out it's big visitor, one of the carpenter bees.
Lady Emma Hamilton is starting another flush
Sigh...nothing prettier than Aloha!! (Kordes)
Abutilon 'Victor Reiter' is in full bloom, I have 2 of them. They are shorter than most of the abutilons, so far about 2.5 ft. tall but this is the only one with the wide open large blooms, most are more of the closed bell shape.
An unknown reblooming iris surprised me. I was ready to get rid of it as there was nothing real distinct or unusual in the coloring but a reblooming iris is always a keeper!
This crocosmia came from my Mom's garden, the first thing I planted here. I love it next to the lavender that was already here, one of the only plants I didn't tear out when we moved here.
Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' is a descendant of the classic dahlia, Bishop of Llandaff.
The flowers come in a wide variety of warm-toned shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and purple, in solid and sometimes bicolor blooms. The black foliage is very striking! The bees absolutely love it, just about every bloom has a visitor, I counted 3 different varieties of bees on one bloom as I was taking pictures.
Gladiola and lilies are adding pops of color:
Lilium 'Dizzy'
Got to go out and pick strawberries! Mmmmmm