Another week has gone by. So much for my goal this year to post more LOL.  And this summer has been like the summer that wasn’t. It went so fast and we didn’t do anything really for vacation or long hikes with how busy we have been.

A second flush of flowering on the rose plants is happening now. Fair Bianca:

I love this plant.

Othello has put out a few blooms. It doesn’t really bloom that much and the blooms last only a day once they are open. It’s definitely a strange rose bush.

This is that planter that I did back in early spring. Still looking pretty good!

It’s in the dry partially shady bed as that needed some filler while the bushes get bigger.

Flowering tobacco:

These are very low to the ground, unlike the one I have out back.

Mullein:

These are charming. I obviously have a cottage garden style and these fit right in.

I have started renovating the back sunny flower bed. After the fence came down 2 years ago, the design I was going with now doesn’t work very well. I need to move the taller plants into the back.

So, last weekend I got a bee in my bonnet and started moving stuff.  Irises have been moved up to the front.

I moved the really tall globe thistle to behind the bird bath. I think I got a bit over zealous with moving since we had super hot and muggy temps this week and it really stressed out the globe thistles:

Not sure all of them will survive, but they have left a lot of little babies that I can move easier as the tap root isn’t as deep on those.

Another big project was digging up this mess of whatever.  It was a mix of bittersweet vine, some sort of viburnum and another tree – which I imagine wasn’t supposed to be there, but grew in it from neglect.  I had chopped it all way down in the spring and decided the stump needed to come out.

That stump has to weigh 40 pounds at least. It is soooo heavy. It left quite the crater behind – and bonus that I did not re-injure my bad shoulder digging this up 🙂

Thinking about a rose of Sharon bush there or maybe some small tree. It’s a partial sun spot, so there are quite a few options.

I guess I could do another hydrangea, but something different would be nice.

Speaking of hydrangea, more rain and the branches drooped more:

I have to say that I really like the way it looks. Almost a weeping willow appearance.

Labor Day is coming up and that means getting ready for fall! I couldn’t resist the baby mum pots:

Now to pot those up.

Have a great weekend!