Dew Drops in the Garden

With the valley fog this morning, the garden was wet with dew. A spider web in the lemon lilies caught my eye. Without the drops of dew it would be nearly invisible.

The dew on the balloon flower bud reminds me of a tiny blue umbrella caught out in the rain.

This dewy fragrant gladiola looks especially lovely this morning. Ed potted up the bulbs to give them an early start and then transplanted them in the garden. I love the look and delicate fragrance of this plant  If we just plant them out here they frequently flower so late  we don't get to enjoy them. We will dig the bulbs after frost and store them in the basement. Ed will pot them up early in the spring. This plant is totally worth the trouble!

August 15: Bloom List

Gray Headed Coneflower, Ratibida pinnata

This is a new plant this year and blooming for the first time here . I'm delighted with its color and shape!



Blue vervain, Verbena hastata

This wild plant had made a nice addition to the garden. Tiny blue petals cover the ground beneath the plant like blue snow. I'll have to cut this one back soon or I'll have it everywhere!




Fragrant Gladiolius, Acidanthera bicolor

I've tried these gorgeous fragrant flowers before. Most of the time frost came before the flowers ever got a chance to bloom. This year Ed started the plants in pots. They were part of the in and out gang, then planted outside when the weather warmed. They are delightful and well worth his special treatment.

August 15,2010, Bloom list: Ingeborg's mallow, purple cone flower, morning glory, lemon finger bowl geranium, coral bells, meadow sage, evening scented stock, Gallardia, Johnny jump ups, Nicotiana, Stella D'oro lily, catchfly, Peppermint stick zinnia, "Pretty Belinda" yarrow, snapdragon, heliotrope, pink poppies, sweet peas, "Who Dun It" Dahlia, Aclepsis tuberosa, Art's Pride cone flower, anise hyssop, gloriosa daisy, cosmos, red and pink bee balm, catnip, hollyhock, cinnamon basil, fennel, black eyed Susan, yellow jewelweed, golden glows, trumpet vine, Simplon lily, cardinal flower, white and pink summer sweet, evening primrose, scarlet runner beans, white and pink phlox, Fiona Coggill shasta daisy, balloon flower, A. azurium, "Stardust" crysanthemum, butterfly bush,white and red hibiscus, sweet sultan, tomatoes, lettuce, winter savory, spearmint, peppermint, yard long beans, sparkler allium, blue vervain, plume poppy, brahmi, Russian sage, white coneflower, "Baby Joe" pye-weed, New England aster, white lily, lemon balm, C. superbum, rose of Sharon, lavender delphinium, Angelica gigas, nasturtiums, spiderwort, Dianthus, rose geranium, perennial flax, fragrant gladiolus, "Cherry Brandy" Rudbeckia, Pyrethrum daisy, pennyroyal, white and purple closed gentian, "Clara Curtis" chrysanthemum, grey headed coneflower, meadow sage, everbearing strawberries, feverfew

Flowers still in bud are not listed, at least one open flower is needed to make the list. We hope these lists will help us become more aware of when things bloom, so we might plan the garden better. Flowers that were missing from the list and are back are putting out a second round of blooms. Some of them are kind of a feeble attempt compared to their first effort but I say "Go for it"!