In The Summer Sunshine

Hundreds and hundreds of daylilies are blooming across the mountain top in the summer warmth and sunshine. This is Bulbarella's doing. I just got caught in the expansion.

Daylilies like to expand on their own and pop up in all kinds of places in all kinds of daylily colors.

The roadside vegetable garden is surrounded by a riot of summer bloom.

The Hydrangea 'Haas Halo' has turned white to full bloom. Today it was covered in some kind wild bees.

As I wander slowly, gingerly, through a wild garden learning how to breathe once more.

Summertime Bloom Begins

Gooseneck Loosestrife lurks below the roadside.

'Haas Halo' hydrangea. The deer did not eat it.

The chicory filled grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Would you believe there is a vegetable garden in there filled with growing fine produce? There is.

On the other side

Yucca, parsnips and verbena on a stick.

In my vegetable garden in the summertime.

The leeks are in bloom.

Squash grows.

Daylilies bloom. The verbena lives here now.

A forgotten seed grown white baptisia shows itself.

It's summertime.

A Walk In The Sunny Utility Meadow

Let's go up to the roadside first. I stopped to admire the chicory one morning.

The smoke from all the fires burning out west has been the absolute worst the last two days - so far. I have been seeing the smoke in the air for the last several weeks.

I have to stop and admire the chicory.

The western third of the North American continent is being incinerated bit by bit, year after year. The ripples from that will be powerful.

The thought of all that life being extinguished pains me. For some species it will probably mean extinction.

Enter the sunny utility meadow bursting with life. This is the slope behind the roadside vegetable garden.

Stop along the way.

To admire a fuchsia beebalm.

Welcome to Bulbarella's flower bowl.

It has a chimney.

Planted abundantly with flowers by Bulbarella

Tended and cared for by the invisible man.

The western third of the North American continent is being incinerated bit by bit, year after year.

To tend the earth and to garden is to build a living ark. We will be needing many gardens.

Bloom Day In The Wild Cultivated Gardens

We have come upon another Bloom Day. Flowers are popping out all over the place. Shall we go wander?

The Tall Flower Meadows have and are reaching blooming height. There are more flowers by the day.

There are hundreds of daylilies all over the place. From catalogs, divisions, self sowing and who knows what else.

There is Beebalm in several colors, mostly red.

And waves of Gooseneck Loosestrife.

A gifted 'Haas Halo' hydrangea has grown to meadow living size.

It's July. We have a fireworks display up by the roadside.

The roadside vegetable garden's feral parsnips are in bloom.

Daylilies line the rickety split rail fence. They're everywhere.

The biggest bloom for July happens in the roadside vegetable garden and the sunny utility meadow. Plenty sun for an early summer bloom.

I see Stokesia.

The marjoram turned wild and makes a purple haze at mid level. I plugged a lot of liatris in with it. You will have to come back next week to see that.

Erigeron annuus blooms beside the cozy cabin because I let it. When it is done a growing patch of Hardy Begonia will take over the display.

No blooms on the Voodoo Lilies this year. Did yours?

So it goes in the wild cultivated gardens with flowers that keep coming all summer long and well in to fall.

Be sure to visit Carol at Bloom Day Headquarters for more flowers from around the world. I'm going to set and rest for a spell.