The larger Arisaema speciosum.

Malva moschata,'Musk Mallow'.

Tigridia pavonia,'Tiger Flower/Mexican Shell Flower'.

Tigridia pavonia.

Petunia.

Hemerocallis,var,Daylily,'Little Grapette'.

Lilium asiaticum,'Foxtrot'.

Lilium,'Dimension',Dark Wine.

Mixed Lilies i got from Oregon.

Contrast between the two Lilies.

Nachtigall,'Lacecap hydrangea,Normalis'.

Close up.

Another Lily opened today.

Dahlia,'Surprise Louise'.

Loaded with Pollen.

Relaxed Butterfly.

Just hanging in there.

beautiful pics! I love them all!

Thank you southerngardening24,..that pleases me.

Philip

Beautiful, Phillip As always !

Thank you Cenepk10,

Philip- Can't wait to see your garden in fall .. We are having a good deal of rain here in Ga- even though we are 8" in arrears. It's very lush and green. I am having an arborist come remove a huge dead loblolly pine & a dead sassafras tree

The garden to which I refer that is so puny is 25 ' from the drip line of those water oaks. But when I dug the bed- it was pure sand. Of course I amended the soil- and 3 x a year- I add compost and cow manure & fertilize every month with miracle grow- also Bayer rose & flower

Hi Cenepk10,
You sure have a lot of work on hand removing those trees and pruning others,..rain you say!,..its a daily sight here with 200 days of rain a year and so when you see my garden pictures many blooms have raindrops on them,..but as you said everything then looks green and lush.

Your arborist is correct about adding Lime to the soil to increase the pH level as it will reduce acidity,..agricultural lime of course,.. as it is made from calcium,..you will see the difference when the acidity level decreases though readings taken soon afterwards can be misleading so take no notice,..your plants will give you better results in growth and blooms.

Philip

Thank you so much, Philip- do you have to scratch it in the soil ? Or just spread it around the plants ? He said that low of a ph will burn azaleas. Explains my dead azaleas in back. I have never come up against this sort of thing in my 35 years of gardening. Only time I ever saw lime was in Greece- they would throw it on corpses to kick back the smell in graves & use it to whitewash the concrete houses every spring. Omygoodness. TMI