7.19.2011

What's Blooming This Week - Dog Days of Summer Edition!


This is quite possibly the hottest week we will have all summer. With highs in the mid to upper 90’s, real-feel temps hovering at 110° or higher and no rain in weeks, the dog days have arrived!

And, yet, the garden is still blooming! Have a peek…



Coneflowers and tall phlox still look'n good!





Old fashioned sweet peas against the neighbors barn!
(I am the only one who sees it so I claim it as my own...)



Butterfly bush starting to put on a show!



Baby's Breath peeking through Brown-eyed Susans



Fennel in bloom! (smells wonderful!)



Fennel reaches for the early morning moon while a bee comes in for a landing.

9 comments:

  1. Lovely flowers going on right now. Love the combo of the Coneflowers and Phlox.
    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  2. So beautiful! You're butterfly bush is just gorgeous!

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  3. I love the fennel. I see it growing on all the roadsides where we live in California but didn't have the nerve to plant any this year.

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  4. Lovely!
    Jeanni

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  5. Thanks for linking up to Cottage Flora Thursday's Garden Party! Wishing i too had a butterfly bush as pretty as yours! They just got so large for my small garden. Trying out the Blue Chip Butterfly Bush - just seems to be taking forever to bloom...love the color of yours! xoxo, tracie

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  6. Great shots of lovely flowers, I'm always curious to see what grows in other people's gardens so thanks for the quick peek!
    Maggie @ Normandy Life

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  7. Luscious elegant beautiful flowers.

    Happy PS weekend ~
    TTFN ~
    Marydon

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  8. Love those sweetpeas! Don't they look right against a faded old barn? :)

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  9. Your butterfly bush is a gorgeous colour!

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Thank you!