The clematis was still blooming, the knockout roses were spectacular, and the peonies, though on their way out with the usual thunderstorm pummeling, made for a pretty in pink perfection!
Soon followed by the lilies, delphinium and gardenia...just lovely!
Most shocking of all was finding a foxglove in the midst of the wildflower border!!
This biannual going strong! Even after this many years of gardening, the surprises are so fun!
And speaking of unexpected flowers - I was super bummed that I hadn't gotten pansies in the ground in the fall, buuuuuut - happy of happies, they seeded themselves!
Yay, accidental pansies!!!!
In a variety of colors!!
I'm also very happy that the honeysuckle came back! I wasn't entirely sure how well it would flourish ... or even survive! ... since it's in a pot and underneath the overhang above (meaning it gets little rain in the winter like the watering I give it - or am supposed to give it 😁 - in the summer). But bursting forth in all its fullness it is!
More glorious color...
Unfortunately, when you don't deadhead them (and the leafhoppers yet again have the munchies, so I need to get out my Captain Jack's Deadbug again 😑), the blooms die off and take awhile to return and often not in the original splendor.
Still, a lovely showing for a largely neglected little yard!
(I finally got out a couple of days in between renovation musts and it took me an hour and a half just to weed what you see here! Above is the before and this is the after. Another day was another nearly 2 hours to clean-up the other side of the stairs and into the north side bed a ways in order to eradicate the villainous prickles that had been left untouched for I care not to think how long!)
Certainly is a hodge-podge of this and that, which I hope to streamline into something a bit more cohesive someday. [sigh] "Someday".
Awww, I really love our little house!
