Vroooom and another Friday has rolled around. Things are popping along in the garden. Our season is short so plants explode in summer.

Snapdragon volunteers:

This year only white and yellow are showing up so far. And they have gone to many different places in the garden bed – a bit wayward as well LOL.

Candy stripe zinnia:

These are some zinnias I picked up at a big box store instead of ordering them online from Select Seeds like normal. Lesson learned.  Only about half germinated. These are short and not very full. Select Seeds from now on for the best zinnias. Future Lori reread this post to remind yourself.

I picked up some clearance plants for $1 and two of them happened to be hibiscus. I repotted them, fertilized and watered. Now I’m getting lots of blooms:

I’ve never grown hibiscus before. I didn’t know the flowers only last one day. Or at least mine are only lasting one day.

Same hibiscus by the balloon flowers:

Liatris complete with pollinator:

We are in a drought situation here. Any rain that has been in the area keeps missing us. Here is our lovely lawn:

Just in case you think my gardens look perfect 🙂 . We don’t do anything for the lawn. No water. It just goes dormant when it’s dry.  This is why I want to make more garden beds and get rid of more lawn.

Lots o’ coneflowers:

This one is a baby from the Cheyenne Spirit and it turned out a really cool color:

I’m calling it hot papaya.

Hydrangea and black-eyed Susan:

My other hydrangea, Annabelle:

The flowers on this are just perfect.

In the back, more razzmatazz:

The milkshake coneflowers just opened. I swear, nothing blooming and then boom – all of them:

These will get all white on top.  I’m having better luck this year with fewer bugs eating all the petals. Maybe the neem helps with that after all.

Drumstick allium:

Those were flopped over on the ground, so we caged them up. It looks like some of them have bed head LOL.

Bee balm:

It has spread so much! The hummingbirds have been visiting it this week.

Gooseneck loosestrife:

The globe thistles are really close to opening up now. Hopefully these coneflower blooms will last:

For some perspective on where these plants are, here is a pulled back shot:

We get a for real and true cupcake ride on Saturday – I’m so excited! Schedules and weather finally cross beams. Yippee!  Have a great weekend!