Summer July 2012

The first time I wrote about my Garden was on June 2...Here it is July 2 and I thought it was time for a revisit!  Things have changed dramatically in the last month.  Even with the extreme heat and humidity, things are doing well - with watering every day there is not rain.  We love our flowers and water them...but we don't water the grass!  LOL!!  The BEFORE photos are from June 2 and the AFTER are from today! (well, I actually took the photos yesterday)...
The Annabelle Hydrangeas doing quite well, with huge flowers.  The Endless Summer Hydrangeas are all shades of

blue, pink and purple and extremely tall.  They are planted at ground level and stand about 4 1/2' tall and have overtaken half the sidewalk.

The Hostas have all been flowering...and are beginning to drop their flowers.

The first flowers in the wall are LaceCap Pink Hydrangeas and behind them are Lamb's Ears Hydrangeas.  The Endless Summer Hydrangeas sure have colored up in the last several weeks - and our Jasper & Benny love sitting in front of them for their photo op!!

The Top Right Photo is the Before of the Courtyard...the other 3 photos are the AFTER - and you can see just how big the Annabelle Hydrangea (and that's just ONE flower) is that I'm holding in my hand.  And, yes the grass in the courtyard is slightly brown from the lack of watering and the pups use that area, too.

These photos are all AFTER photos just to show greater detail.  And, of course, Rosie is perched at the top of the porch steps and beginning to bark and howl at me and my camera!  Silly girl.

More AFTER photos and of course, Jasper (above) and Benny (below).

And last but not least...the BEFORE and AFTER photos of both the Annabelle Hydrangea and the Queen Elizabeth Roses.