The August garden is showing signs of fatigue, but still has enough energy to sport a a blossom here and there. I'm sharing two favorite August perennials whose colors never fail to give me notice that Autumn is on the way. The first is "Sienna Sunset" coreopsis. Have two, wanted one more in an area of the garden whose palette of color is depleted by August. Because all branches seem to come from one central root, they are not good candidates for division. I keep lifting their petticoats to see if there is any logical point of division. But no. Because it is not as common as "moonbeam" I didn't dare hope that I would find one to put in this Fall. But a spontaneous-almost-dangerous hard right at Hewitt's Garden Center lead right to a healthy one at half price. EASY SELL - my car danced out of the parking lot.
My other favorite has been with me for a long time, following me from garden to garden. Here is my faithful Helenium "Bruno." I do fuss a bit with this early in the season, so that it doesn't get too stalky. I pinch it back twice before the Fourth of July for fullness, and pinch in tiers so that all the blossoms won't be at the tippy-top.
A few daylilies are still putting forth blossoms, but they are now relinquishing their "moment" to the zinnias that have been assigned the job of carrying over the season.
The annuals leading to the front door have miraculously survived their given spot of beat-down brutal heat along a concrete southern exposure entry. I have a lovely neighbor who waters them for me when I am gone and I'm quite convinced these annuals like her better than me!
After a period of dormancy in the heat, New Dawn Climbing Rose decided to give me just a few more late season buds, one atop the trellis, and one overlooking the zinnia and Moonflower below the trelllis.
And I end with a "heartfelt" message from the vegetable garden - two cherry tomatoes that grew together to form a heart. I love my fellow gardeners!
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