Summer in Missouri

Cheryl Moon shares summer scenes from her garden

A twosome of workweek ago we boast Cheryl Moon ’s southwesterly Missouri garden wrapped in snow , and she ’s back today with some images from warm times .

I was pleased with the response to my photos , and I agree that many of us need some spring and summer color to lighten up our winter day . We are sitting in the discharge occupation of a new violent storm making its way across Kansas , so I am relish the summer semblance in this set of photos .

I guess it would be good to begin with some “ macro ” pictures of how our garden front this twelvemonth .

This is a wide slant of our front bed , taken from about halfway up the driveway . Front and concentrate on isViburnum dentatum‘Blue Blaze ’ ( ‘ Blue Blaze’arrowwood genus Viburnum , Zones 3–8 ) , now in its quaternary twelvemonth at our household , though we moved it to a pot for a match of class after the fire , until it could be replant . There is alsoLamium maculatum‘Purple Dragon ’ ( ‘ Purple Dragon ’ stagnant nettle , Zones 4–9),Heuchera‘Purple Petticoats ’ ( Zones 4–9 ) , aboriginal celandine poppy(Stylophorum diphyllum , Zones 4–9 ) , and someAronia melanocarpa‘Low Scape ’ ( ‘ Low Scape’black chokeberry , Zones 3–8 ) on the left field .

This photo is taken from our second - floor balcony of the same front bed about two weeks later . Some of the bloom you saw in the first characterization have faded , but now you could seeLilium‘Landini ’ ( zona 3–9),Agastache foeniculum ‘ Golden Jubilee’(anise hyssop , zona 5–8 ) fulfill in behind it , and , toward the front right , Achillea‘Terracotta ’ ( ‘ Terracotta ’ yarrow , Zones 3–8 ) in full bloom .

This photo was also taken two hebdomad later and is of the corner of the front bed that was further to the right , hidden in the first two pictures . Here I let out my love for oakleaf hydrangeas(Hydrangea quercifolia , Zones 5–9 ) ; the marvellous one is ‘ Snow Queen ’ , and the shorter one is ‘ Sykes Dwarf ’ . There is aWeigela‘Spilled Wine ’ ( Zones 4–8 ) among the front margin of mixed genus Heuchera . The echinaceas are ‘ Cheyenne Spirit ’ , which seem to persist well here than some of the fancy tissue - genteel flora . Our local grower always has a good supply , and I wait until they flower so I can choose the colors I want .

I take this photo of oakleaf hydrangea ‘ Little Lime ’ andHeuchera‘Electric Plum ’ in early June .

Here ’s a September picture of ‘ Purple Prince ’ zinnia(Zinnia elegans , annual),Euphorbia × martinii‘Ascot Rainbow ’ ( zone 6–9 ) , andCaryopteris‘Lil ’ Miss Sunshine ’ ( Zones 5–9 ) . The weigela is another ‘ Spilled Wine ’ .

I just could n’t stop take pictures of this coleus ‘ Campfire’(Plectranthus scutellarioides , Zone 11 or as an annual ) showing tinges of purple fuse with the Orange River . Here it is flanked by ajuga ‘ Chocolate Chip’(Ajuga reptans‘Valfredda ’ zone 4–9),Oxalis regnelliivar.triangularis(purple Oxalis acetosella , Zones 6–10 ) , andThuja occidentalis‘Anna ’s Magic Ball ’ ( arborvitae , Zones 3–7 ) .

Here is ‘ Campfire ’ coleus , this time with heuchera ( I think it ’s ‘ Sweet Tea ’ ) andSedum‘Autumn Joy ’ ( ‘ Autumn Joy ’ stonecrop , zone 3–11 ) . This is what I see out my kitchen window in September .

An experimentation I will do again : This is ‘ Purple Majesty ’ millet(Pennisetum glaucum‘Purple Majesty ‘ , annual ) that I start out from germ . I did n’t get a photo until September , so it is starting to look a flake banal . So far , none of our local bird are showing pastime in the seed of the Jean Francois Millet , but they are a picky mountain . ordinarily only the mourning doves will eat millet around here .

Appropriately , this is ‘ At Last ’ , a delightfully fragrant and disease - resistant pink wine .

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