Hi GPODers!
Before fall foliage color snatches our attention, let’s savor and celebrate our most vibrant flowers of summer. One gardener who always injects a glorious dose of floral color into Garden Photo of the Day is Heidi Weirether in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Heidi has shared her vibrant garden on the blog a handful of times over the past year (check out her previous submissions: Heidi’s May Garden in Connecticut, Peak Season in Heidi’s Connecticut Garden, and Heidi’s Colorful Garden in Fairfield County), and each time her garden appears to be filled with an abundance of diverse and delightful blooms. Today’s update, which features photos from late May to August, gives an even better sense of the magnitude of fascinating flowers she grows.
The first 3 photos are annual changes throughout the years using begonias, coleus, vinca, scaevola, and impatiens.
A flurry of pink impatiens is just as enchanting on and around this outdoor dining table. They also match perfectly with Heidi’s copy of Fine Gardening magazine!
Pink begonias complement the dark wood of this other table, while adding some tropical style to this shady spot.
The next 3 photos are from mid-June to mid-July. A perennial border subtly changes in blooms, from astilbes to lilies to ligularia.
As summer progresses, Heidi’s gorgeous mix of astilbes slowly starts to fade as her large mass of ligularia prepare to bloom.
By mid-July the ligularia have started opening their vibrant mustard-yellow flowers. What began as a lush cluster of green leaves is now a sea of complementary blooms to the orange lilies we see in the background.
Garden-cut flowers: peonies and foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea, Zones 4–9) in late May and June
Dahlias, gladiolus, phlox, and rudbeckia in July–August
Lastly are photos of a foxglove border in June . . .
. . . that transforms to lacecap hydrangea and Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum, Zones 4–9) in July. Happy gardening!
Thank you for another marvelous tour through your flower gardens, Heidi! From your long borders of endless blooms to the containers that give you more opportunities for color, your landscape is a candy store for any floral fanatic!
What were your favorite flowers this season? Did daylilies delight during peak heat? Do hydrangeas never fail to make your heart flutter? Is there a native plant with flowers that deserve far more attention? Let us know in the comments, or send photos of your best blooms to Garden Photo of the Day! Follow the directions below to submit photos via email, or send me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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