Morning walk — summer beauty allium and artemisia. I like the symmetry of design here, with the mulch, though it’s tricky — you can see the artemisia is starting to die back at the center. I think you’d need to divide it conscientiously to avoid that, and I’m not that careful a gardener — I […]
Pink daylily — hey, I forgot I had this. Still a little more mauve than I’d like, but pretty close to a true pink. Cool.
Lantana — another tropical; usually it’s treated as an annual around here, but I actually overwintered these in pots and they’re blooming again. Pleasing, though I do think you get more blooms faster if you plant it as an annual each year. A tradeoff between budget and how much effort you want to put in
Duranta (Mexican tropical, blooms in summer heat, bring it in for winter — sometimes I get bright orange berries too).
