Garden at the Umbrella Factory, Charlestown, RI

 

Bamboo Forest

Arbor  and Vine

Perennial Garden

A week at the RI shore in late July.

We sat on a bench under a tree

in the deep shade

as the kids shopped

in the cluster of stores,

including a candy store!

A Quick Walk Around the Garden

 

Black-eyed Susans

Daisies 

Lavendar

Roses

One of the last roses

September will bring them back.

Rain gauge

Hardy Geranium

Daylilies

Japanese Maple in pot

Petunias hanging

Bird Bath with Frog

White Bellflowers

Vines on a trellis

Daylilies

Looking back: 

The fountain

Azalea

Daylilies

Hanging Petunias

Butterfly Bush

Neighbor's border

Shade garden under the deck:

Wild Ginger

Fairy Reading

Pulmunaria

Ghost Fern

Ladies Mantle

Fairy Garden

on Irish Moss

On the deck:

Cleome

Marguerite Daisies

Lobelia

My garden is at its best

in July

no matter the weather!

July is Just Extreme!

 

There was one perfect summer day 

we spent at Jessica's Garden & Lobster Shack.

It was in the mid-80s, low humidity, 

hot in the sun, cool in the shade.

The grass was green. Her plants looked healthy.

But that was it, so far...

I emptied 5 inches of rain from the rain guage

after last Sunday's huge storm. 

I had dumped 4 inches previously, and a couple of half-inches 

and single inches in between.

We've had two heat waves of three days 

above 90 degrees.

The plants are soaked and soggy--

and heat stressed at the same time.

I've also been battling whiteflies in the dahlias,

and Japanese beetles 

in the roses and other perennials.

I've sprayed them with Neem oil,

cut back stems and removed  leaves.

Good news.

They are making a come back.

And I can't keep up with deadheading

the daylilies.

What will August be like?

These poor plants--

and exhausted gardener!

So thankful for that perfect day.