Leggy mums, a few vibrant buddleia blooms, a new hydrangea looking more upright among the artemisia, and the Adriondack chair half-hidden. It is all symbolic of the end of summer--and an unusual one at that? We had a blizzard with record snowfall in the winter, an earthquake in the summer and a hurricane at the end of the growing season. During the month of September we have had six more inches of rain than normal; we are 20 inches over for the year. I rolled up the soaker hose for the season!
The lavender looks better than it did early this season. It should bloom in July, not September! I thought it liked dry feet and hot, sunny days, but it is now thriving in the planter in the landscape bed.
The False Indigo or Baptisia australis finally formed its black seed pods. It is drought and heat tolerant, so it, too, was confused by the excessive water and lack of extreme heat this season.
The Montauk daisies were pinched back too hard and too late by some confused gardener, but the asters are doing fine. They, too, hard a hard pruning late in the season but recovered.
And the sedum 'Everlasting' by the garage door looks good also. It was very leggy so I pinched it too. I didn't know if it would recover, but it was going to be very limp with full bloom if I didn't do something. The plants can be forgiving if other factors play into their success. As a gardener, you just wonder sometimes what the success factor is...
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