We're half way through the summer now and it's time to relax and see what the garden is rewarding us with right now. I just ate my first few cherry tomatoes from the planter on my deck. It's a variety I've never tried before called "Sun Gold" which means they are yellow, not red, when they are ripe. They taste pretty good, but seem to have a tough skin.
Annuals are doing well. I have petunias, lobelia, verbena, osteospermum, cleome, calendula, red salvia, cosmos, begonias and impatiens. Most pansies have petered out by now. They do not like the heat.
Many perennials are blooming right now. I have 7 types of daylilies (hemerocallis) with flowers from bright yellow to orange to deep red. My yellow thread-leaf coreopsis "Moonbeam" is at the height of its bloom. The Shasta daisies are past their prime, but still have a few fresh flowers. Foxglove and lavender are fading, but tall garden phlox (white "David") and rudbeckia (black-eyed Susans) are about to pop. My 2 hydrangea bushes have lots of blossoms this year, one plant has blue flowers and the other purple. I have yarrow and bee balm, also a pink true lily and a cream-colored one flowering now. Also anise hyssop, which has purple flowers, and orange hyssop are blooming now. I have a perennial sweet pea vine that is covered with blooms, and among the herbs, oregano and dill are in bloom. And of course, most hosta's stems are flowering now.
Next week I'll walk through my garden again and let you know what's new. Midsummer is a good time to sit back and enjoy the results of your earlier gardening efforts.
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