Summer Blossoms

And It Was Good

"I think this is what hooks one to gardening:  It is the closest one can become to being present at creation"
- Phyllis Theroux

 When I began to garden I intensely researched and studied as much as I possibly could.  The more I dug in the dirt and became hands on, gardening became less of a challenging chore and more of a relaxing, rewarding hobby.  Watching a seedling form into a beautiful plant is an exciting event.  However, in my opinion, it cannot compare to the births of my children.  If you are a parent, you are a witness of this great joy.  Both events are similarly breathtaking and beautifully display Creation all the same.

Cleome and Knock-Out Roses 

 Verbena and Rose of Sharon

 

All Things Bright and Beautiful

 - Cecil Frances Alexander

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.

 He gave us eyes to see them,
   And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
 Who has made all things well.

Cleome (an annual in Michigan that happily reseeded itself)

Asiatic Lilies

  Shasta Daisies



 Yellow Sundrops

  Perennial Garden (Part Shade) - Sundrops, Spirea, Iris, Ferns, Moon Flower, Stella De Oro Day Lilies, Dianthus, and Hens and Chicks

 Entrapment Lily, New Guinea Impatiens, Geraniums

 

 Day lilies, Purple Catmint, Peonies 

 Knock-out Roses and Spider Wart

Small mailbox flower garden added 

 

 

 Knock-out Roses

 

Perennial Garden

 Bright pink Dianthus, Lt. Purple Balloon Flower, Knockout roses, Daylily and Sundrops, Hosta, Blue Salvia, Knock-out Roses 

Hydrangea (Purple flowers turned from pink after blending spent coffee grounds into the soil to change the acidity  It started out the same color as the pink hydrangea shown)

Huge Hydrangea - This is one flower in a large vase

Dianthus (typically an annual, but happily reseeded & were gorgeous this year) 

 

Annual August pictures of my girls in front of the Rose of Sharon 

 

Pansies lasted well into Summer

 Marigold

Cana

Shade perennial garden (Astibe, Sedum, Hosta, Columbine, Heuchera

Neon Flash Spirea Shrub

Coleus and Creeping Jenny trailed out of this old wheel barrow and added color, height and character to the shade garden this year.

 

Looking through Spring & Summer pictures has me excited about watching it all over again a few months from now.  First we will be busy raking and watching as the gardens become covered in blankets of snow. 

 

Stay cozy as we anticipate another season. my friends!

~Thanks for stopping by~