Everything has a jungle quality. I found aphids on my brown eyed susans, brown toadstools in the lawn, and a funny mosaic on the nasturtium leaves. My Harry (Lauder's walking stick) seems to have some signs of crisping leaves. I am going to use dish detergent & wash them that way. I read aphids & mites can be eliminated this way.
Today we had a small but adventurous Swallowtail butterfly flitting around my red roses. The morning glories have secondary leaves... the Stella D' Oro day lilies are going to be standing VERY high.. maybe 32 inches up from the ground!!! Bee Balm is a lovely bully... I've moved some already, but after the rain, it's like the plants have "spread muscles"... I paired red geraniums with dusty miller & royal blue lobelia... very patriotic... by the garage / sidewalk. Very pretty, but the dusty miller loved the rain and the geraniums look beaten up by the rain. The elephant ear palms are not sprouting new leaves as I thought they would. drat! The schefflera is doing well on the Casey plant.. but the orig might need to be cut down to the bottom & we hope to start over again. we'll see.
My lettuce is coming up for a second time.. the 5-6 plants that were not dismayed by the mulch yielded delish leaves the other nite. the parsley and oregano are starting to germinate. Basil.. same. The bush beans are up and looking healthy. Such a teensy spot for a garden.
The Siberian Irises are done and I am waiting for them to create seeds to try to start myself. LOVELY blooms when they were. The other Irises were nice but so short lived.
A lovely summer day is a beautiful thing. May I always choose to be outside not in when it occurs.
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