After the Rain

We had a rainy Memorial Day weekend but much needed since we were in a drought.

Autumn ferns having a hard time with the drastic changes in our weather in my region. I guess plants are confused. A three day heat wave in the 90's followed by dropping last week into the 50's and now in the 70's with a breeze and beautiful blue sky. Nasturtium starting to come up. I planted more than two. Maybe more will emerge.

Coleus starting to look better and develop new leaves. The first set of leaves were washed out by cool temperatures. I'm glad they made it.

Hydrangea Paniculata has no blooms on her yet the Annabelle hydrangea on the side is full of blooms. I did severely prune it and it came back so fuller. Think I'll prune the Paniculata in the fall also.

I didn't get to enjoy my foxgloves. Four days of rain beat off the blooms. I should start sowing more seeds indoors to plant out in the fall for next years blooms since they only bloom once then die.

Annabelle Hydrangea

Container starting to look better after the rain.

Won't be able to see her in all her beauty as days of rain knocked off most of the blooms.

Honeysuckle in bloom and dropping them every where.

The daisy will soon be in bloom.

Asters

Sorrel is hardy in my area and I hope it comes back. In the fall I'm going to cut it and try to find a recipe for it. Sorrel is an herb and I heard it taste like spinach.

My little meadow as my sister calls it is filling out. A snap dragon seedling and lots of corn flower. Sunflowers and zinnias are starting to germinate.

Those are stock seedings I grew at the bottom. Look like they will bloom soon.

I still haven't planted the sweet potatoes that cam from my ornamental sweet potato vine from last season.

Will plant these in my container soon.

Kitty is enjoying the weather with me on the porch.

Gardening Day

Begonia for Mother's Day from my daughter. Orange is my favorite color in blooms. The camera setting on my phone somehow changed. The pictures on this blog appear cloudy, sorry but I didn't want to take them over.

Pansies are still doing well in the yard although I pulled some others.

Don 't know what happened to these petunias. I was waiting to plant them in my window box but they started to look bad while waiting for temperatures to warm up. In the yard now in the plant hospital.

Finally planted my coleus seedlings.

Pulled pansies from out front and planted into this container until they die from the heart. It was 97 degrees today in Philly and will be in the 50's at night again in a few days. From heat at night to air conditioning. I tried to wait but it been hard sleeping the last few nights in the heat even with a fan.

Three years to get a bloom on this hydrangea.

Will I get any flowers from the seeds I carelessly sowed in the shade?

Lots of blooms on the tomatoes but no tomatoes. Lack of pollinators or the cold weather?

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Ferns out front looking sad.

Pansies replaced with petunias.

Salvia

Petunias and vinca in the window box.

Honey suckle starting to bloom.

Baptisia

Lots of blooms on Annabelle hydrangea this year.

Aster over wintered from end of year mark down. Kept in container all winter and planted out in the spring. Balloon flower next to it.

Last seasons foxglove seedlings starting to bloom. I have to start more for the fall for next season.

Seedlings

Started a new puzzle.

 

Waiting for blooms on the hydrangea.