So pretty Vera!

Karen

Very nice. Such beautiful colors.

Oh wow, those are absolutely marvelous!

ooohhhh, I love that variegated dogwood!

Thanks Vera! I have not tried Knautia yet and now I will - pretty! Also, if that is the same blue aster I have in my beds and I think it is, you will get LOTS of reseeding (eventually) I just move them around to other beds in the spring.

I love when you post pics!
Nancy

Oh great pics and blooms again Vera. My gardens are so messy but I still have lots blooming. Maybe this weekend I will get a chance to take some pictures. I was happy to read that you rooted a cutting of phlox because I was hoping to try that. Thanks again for sharing.
Bonny

Gorgeous!!! I simply MUST get hollyhocks to grow in my garden.

Your garden is lovely! You sure have a good eye for combinations. I have the dogwood 'Elegantissima,' too. Mine is huge (12'+), so I'm going to cut it back to the ground next March and let it send up new growth. It has the most wonderful foliage and red stems, doesn't it? How did you root your cutting of it? I'd like to grow on more of those to put up at my church.

Laurel

Lots blooming there Vera...very pretty! Hope the first frost holds off for awhile and you get a nice long bloom with them.

:-)
pm2

Thanks!!

Pm2....for the last two years we've had our first frost between September 15th-20th, but so far looking at the forecast we are in the clear for awhile yet!! YEAH! But if it does I usually still have stuff blooming at least until Thanksgiving :D

Laurel,

I did softwood cuttings (no rooting hormone) in late May in moistened perlite, but I learned I was lucky because red vs. yellow dogwoods can be unpredictable in easiness of rooting. Out of 4 cuttings only 1 rooted....I probably could have waited longer for the other 3 but I really was only needing one for my small space and I needed the containers back! I'm amazed it's even starting to flower because last fall it was just a little twig! LOL! It must be all the long talks I gave it...I dunno :D