Fourth Fireworks

This part of the front yard garden is doing well right now. The sun is really strong here, and the sidewalk and wall surrounding the garden nearly white. The hot colors stand out, which I like, though I can't say that I planned anything about it-just seemed to work out this way.

Grandma's rose is having its second flush of bloom, delightfully scented and no blackspot despite so much moisture.

The alliums have just peaked and the insects love em.


A day lily after all, so this one licking the fence will be gone tomorrow.

I got these from a garden going under the bulldozer and know not what they are called. I like them quite a bit, but the camera is troubled by their color.

This is the mystery lily.


I vaguely remember planting it -a free bulb with my lily order? I've never seen it bloom.

On the order of more common flowers, the Coreopsis or tickseed. This is the original.

After dividing it a few times over the years, this taller, all yellow, and larger-flowered Coreopsis is now predominant. Did it grow from seed?