Dog Days

This is the time of year when I would disconnect completely from working in my Boulder garden. The Purple Cone Flowers (Echinacea), Black Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) and Daisies (Argyrathemum Frutescens)* would be getting leggy but still showing some flowers. The weeds would have been fairly contained. It would have been nearly impossible to pull the weeds up from the clay soil that had baked rock hard by now. The Morning Glories (Convolvulus) that grew up lattice on the South side of the house would be in full glory. Wormy apples would be dropping from the tree. The pink flowers in the mint jungle on the side of the house would be buzzing with bees. The wild garlic would have gone to seed. White and blue Liatris would be spreading all over the two front berms. And the fields behind our house would have turned yellow.

* I'm practicing my Latin names in case I get accepted to the Master Gardeners program

Every evening when I walk Chili around the neighborhood, I keep an eye out for interesting flowers and shrubs. Lately, I haven't seen much. But walking around my back yard, there's a wealth of pretty treasures. Here's a brief pictorial inventory:

Butterfly Bush

Chamomile? Maybe?

Grows like a weed
but is it one?

Pink Hibiscus

Native Climatis

 Nicotania

Orange Blooms of some sort

Dainty yellow rose

I think there should have been some Echinacea in this garden but the plants with Cone Flower-like leaves have their tops consistently nipped off. Also, there should be some Black Eyed Susans but perhaps I was overly enthusiastic with my early weeding and spreading of preemergent.

Pale pink & pretty

RED!

Cup Plant with Moth

White Hibiscus

Volunteer Roma tomatoes
are ripening