We redid this flowerbed earlier this year and I am still enjoying the newness of it – after having been used to bushes that were planted 48 years ago.
I also added a few potted flowers – something that rarely works for me because I forget to water them. I was determined to take care of them every day this summer – and have been successful so far.
This was a gift from a friend – which also adds some new beauty to this flowerbed.
I got two gerbera daisies and have been pleasantly surprised that they are flourishing in this bed.
Geraniums are a usual annual for us because I like red, and they do well in our yard.
Out farther in our yard the crepe myrtle is beginning to bloom, but seems to be behind many others in our area.
It looks like the beetles like it too. 🙁
I am not sure what these are called – I bought them for the pretty purple flowers and promptly forgot their name.
August flowers are pleasing to my eyes.
Your new flowerbed looks so nice and I love your flowers. I believe your last photo shows ageratum flowers – http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/ageratum/growing-ageratum-flowers.htm
I figured someone would know the name of the flowers. Thank you. 🙂 Thanks also for the link.
Your garden is always so pretty at this time of year, when the plants have grown out a bit from when you planted them and the flowers are still in bloom. Geraniums are perennials in this part of the world — I was really surprised years ago when some friends from Santa Barbara took tiny pots of them to Seattle to sell to neighbors for $1 a pot because they are annuals there!
Some people take them in during the winter and keep them alive and replant them outside in spring. That is too much work for me. 🙂
Our crepe myrtle is a late bloomer as well. I’d like to get one that starts blooming in June so between the two of them I can have them all summer long. And yes, the Japanese beetles LOVE them!
That’s a good idea – an early and late bloomer crepe myrtle. I will have to think about that.