Early August garden pics

16 years ago

(Sigh)...late July/early August isn't a great blooming time in my garden - annuals are pooping out (and some being ripped out today), not a lot of perennials blooming, stuff getting crispy from the dryness.

Do have a few things to carry me through until thing start revving up for the fall show around late August or so, thought I'd snap a few pictures to share.

Pardon the running commentary, I'm in a chatty mood today :0b

"Limelight" hydrangea standard - isn't big enough to hide the neighbors house, but it sure is pretty! Think I'm going to plant it when the blooms wind down, it's top heavy (obviously) and gets blown over a lot on windy days (which is why the coneflower next to it are kind of poopy, they got crushed a few times:

"Brandy Punch" hibiscus. New to me as of about a week ago - the annuals in this pot pooped out on me, needed something for a party to liven things up; hence, she came home with me. Like it so much I'm going to pick up another one at the nursery this afternoon for near my front door. Really like the tinge in the foliage, and love the color:

"Peacock" butterfly bush (dwarf). Can't believe how great it looks this first year, especially since I planted it in late November last year and didn't get a stitch of winter protection. I think it's really going to be something when it gets established:

View from a different angle:

Annual planting, does a decent job of diverting attention from the dog pen:

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Comments (8)

anitamo
16 years ago
You've got a lot going on...what do you mean by .... "late July/early August isn't a great blooming time in my garden..." It's looking great, very woodsy like and colorful for sure. I just love your 'Limelight' tree. I'm hoping to find a nice one for my MIL's birthday this month.
MissMyGardens
16 years ago
That Hydrangea 'Limelight' is beautiful.

Deer and groundhogs make quick work of eating them down to nubs around here yet I love them. I have a potted standard grocery store variety I put on the deck and have been trying to get to bloom for few years but think I definitely need to wrap it for winter protection to keep potential buds from dying. Will probably never bloom but I can't part with it.

As long as you've got a Buddleia you've got color. I have a 'Royal Red' that needs to be repotted but the bloom fragrance is intoxicating.

Thanks for sharing!
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a2zmom_Z6_NJ
16 years ago
That hydrangea is a beauty and I love that dwarf buddleia. It really brightens up the bed.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
Beautiful! Love the hibiscus - what a great color.

Your hydrangea brought a smile to my face - I have a willow Nishiki Hakuro standard in a pot. It really has no business there, but I put it in a pot before I found out it is a water guzzler, and I LOVE it on the patio. So, I water it about four times a day, lol.

However, it is top-heavy (desperately needs to be potted up a size - or four!) and obviously it dries out very quickly. So the darn thing blows over ALL the time! We have a special name for it - that "expletive" tree, lol, because it seems every time we look out the window it's fallen over. Amazing it's still alive.

Once during a thunderstorm I ran out in the pouring rain and jumped into my car, which is parked right next to it. Suddenly I heard a crash, and there's the darn thing leaning against my driver's side window. I had to call my daughter on my cell phone to come out of the house and lift it off the car so I could go to work - she was not pleased, lol.

Okay, I guess I'm chatty today too. Thank you for sharing your photos!

:)
Dee
triciami5
16 years ago
They are all beautiful, but especially loved the small butterfly bush. I have already planned on getting one, I had a regular one but It took over so gave it to a guy for digging it up for me. Hope to get the new one planted this fall. Thank-you for sharing your pics. Tricia
porkchop_z5b_MI
Original Author
16 years ago
That "Peacock" butterfly bush has exceeded my expectations - definitely recommend it!
MollyDog
16 years ago
August is definitely a tough gardening month, but you still have a lot going on! I love limelight...I was at a nursery today and they had Little Limelight that stays 3-5'x3-5'. I used to have several hibiscus, but the japanese beetles won that war.
wakechick
16 years ago
Thank you for sharing your pictures! They are beautiful!