I spent a good chunk of the morning doing weeding that has been neglected because of surgery. It feels good to neaten all that up.

I have a couple of new flowers. In the spring I purchased some BOGO bags of mixed gladiolus bulbs on a whim because – sale ?.

They came up and actually bloomed!

I’ve never had these before and now I want more.

They are tall and floppy, so I brought in the broken stems to put in a vase and they are so pretty! I’ve read mixed results on the hardiness of these in our area, so we’ll have to wait and see if they overwinter.

My oldest flower, which has to be around 15 years old. I’ve lost track.

The back corner garden:

My Baby Joe Pye Weed, which I had planned to shear down in early summer, but lost my nerve ?

Those are my neighbor’s coneflowers, btw.

Since the fence came down, coneflower babies have come into my garden, which I left alone:

I might remove these since I have other plants in this area that need room, like roses and peonies.

Pretty impatiens:

I had planted the same type spilling out of a bucket. This is maybe 6 feet from the above flowers:

They disappeared! So strange. Good need is there is a $2 annual sale at the garden center this weekend so I can fill that in.

Hydrangea and black-eyed Susan combo:

My transplanted bee balm in the front garden

Pollinator on the coneflowers:

Our nice refreshing weather is taking leave now and it’s going to be hot and humid again. The garden doesn’t seem to mind much as long as it gets water (thank you, John!)

Have a great weekend!