Unfortunately, summer (here) is a killer for a lot of the good cottage garden flowers due to the heat and humidity...sigh. Thank goodness for daylilies and crocosmia ! They're like blooming machines and just keep going and going regardless of how hot it gets.
Crocosmias do get a little invasive, but they can be pulled up easily enough.
This has to have been the most bizarre spring we've ever had. Everything appears to be off schedule: Blooming too early or too late, or not at all. Challenging, maddening and disappointing all at the same time.
3 years ago I was able to find old fashioned Phlox paniculata here. Everyone told me they wouldn't grow due to our winters not being cold enough, summers too humid, etc.
This year they're blooming like crazy. Evidently we get just enough winter chill for them to bloom so I'm more than ecstatic that these actually bloomed.
I got this bright idea to plant Arugula amongst other annuals because I liked the flowers on them and the cottage effect they give. COLOSSAL MISTAKE. Yes, they were pretty and did just what I wanted, but the raccoons devoured them and they've reseeded and are everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE.
This nation-wide strange weather we've had the past few years has left me wondering what to expect with each season since there doesn't seem to be any consistency anymore.
