Summer Solstice Bounty

In the spirit of taking time to slow down, enjoy the garden, look closely and appreciate the season's bounty before it escapes us, this week I'm going to post a few photos of my favorite happenings in my Langley garden.....can't believe how productive and flowery this little space has grown in the four years it's been in the ground....

New to my garden this year is this weirdly pretty green coneflower (Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard') growing here with edible pea pods.

As common and easy to grow as they are, no flower in my garden (except maybe sweet peas) pleases me more than cheerful nasturtiums. Combined with pumpkins and strawberries they tumble down the side of a galvanized feed trough. In the background are the burgundy, heart-shaped leaves of Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

Fragrant sweet peas, an assortment grown from Renee's Seeds

'New Heights' Delphiniums from Log House Plants....these dwarf English delphiniums don't require staking.... the tree in the background that looks like an olive is actually a weeping, willow-leafed ornamental pear tree (Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula')

Comments

[sue n.]

Hey Val, What kind of camera do you use? Your shots are wonderful, and I need an upgrade recommendation...

[valerie Easton]

I'm a mechanical moron, can't work a camera, so believe it or not, all the photos on here that I've taken (which is most of them)are shot with my first generation iPhone. Honest. It's the only camera I can actually work because all I need to do is push one button, and download....
Val

[Tracy Mehlin]

Wow, Val! Such robust peas after such a cold miserable spring! I don't have a single pod yet. Though my strawberry harvest has been amazing ...