Moonflower in Bloom!

Finally, my first Datura to bloom this summer. There should be a lot of them this year as I let them go to seed last fall and they fell helter skelter around my planter. This summer I've transplanted them around to different areas. They belong to the family, Solanaceae or Nightshade. They are often called moonflowers because they bloom at night and smell nice. The deer don't like them because they are poisonous. They are also known as Angel Trumpets. I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of these in bloom!

Bees Doing Their Thing

Bee Balm under Mason Bee House

I tried to capture the multiple bees around the bee balm today with my phone camera, but haven't figured out how to do a close up.  Since I got stung last night by mosquitoes all over, I figured I didn't want to get too close!

These bee balm were swarming with bees!

Obsessing Since I Got Out of the Hospital

No more ginormous hostas this year

One of the things I've been able to do since I came home from the hospital is work in the garden.  I wish I had pics of when Josh was here helping out, but we were busy working, or he was.  I was still pretty wobbly.  Since then, I've been weeding, pruning a bit, and getting a few new thing in.   I even put in some nasturtium seeds, though it's way too late.  It's been hot as heck except for the past two days which have been dry as well.  Monday promises more heat and rain.  I continue to take pictures, but I need to get out to some other gardens to add more pictures and points of view.

Front bed contains Purple Cone Flower (Rudbeckia purpurea) & Moonbeam Coreopsis

Swamp milk weed in front of huge Joe Pye Weed