I haven't posted much about the garden lately. Gardening in the South can be a struggle. Just keeping things alive, green and blooming to provide some color in these 'dog days' of Summer becomes a full time job. Daytime temperatures hover around 100, nights stay hot, and the humidity envelopes me like a damp blanket as I step out the cottage door. Water restrictions still apply - only two days a week for a few hours - and we have had very little rain.
I smiled and gave thanks when a few welcome beauties greeted me yesterday morning as I took my garden walk.
Morning Glories climbing the front porch.
Lantana and sweet potato vine in the kitchen window box.
The surprise re-bloom of the clematis on the mailbox post.
Pretty veined petunia, wide awake, while the angel still snoozes through the heat of another Summer day ~ and I surrender to the beauty.
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Wonderful photos. My summer garden is a bit overgrown and unkept. It's on my to do list ..... now where's my list .......
ReplyDeleteOh, I so know what you mean. We are struggling over at our home, too. It is just too hot to stay outside. I went to the post office yesterday to mail a package, and I thought I was going to pass out just going from the car.
ReplyDeleteOur roses are blooming, but the blooms are so much smaller during the dry and hot summer. They will be back to their normal size in a couple more months. We do have a few blooms in pots - geraniums, salvia and impatiens.
I'm longing for some cooler weather, and lots of rain.
Your garden is beautiful. I think everyone is suffering with the heat. It is unusually hot here and we are breaking records. I hear it may cool off mid week and maybe showers. I can hardly wait.
ReplyDeleteYes this heat is bad for our lawns and garden, but I see you have some beauties in yours. Love your sleeping angel.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Rose
Your photos are lovely. I particularly like the morning glory. I grow them every year, but this year I planted seeds twice and they never grew. So disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI live in North Carolina too and the impatiens and lantana seem to be doing the best in my yard right now.
Thank you for sharing your glorious garden, especially since I don't have one of my own.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Deborah
I so love Morning glories. You'll see lots in the South of France...not so many here though.
ReplyDeleteThat deep violet morning glory is especially pretty! Happy Sunday and stay cool, dear friend! :)
ReplyDeleteyour garden is beautiful. The rabbits ate mine so will just sit here and look at yours.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love the beauty and the hardiness of potato vine! I have the green variety in window boxes, also, but am using the purple this year as well. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, your morning glories are spectacular!
Happy Sunday!
What beautiful flowers. You are managing to keep them going in spite of the heat and limited water.
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to hear from you today on my blog.
That is great you and Jasmin are taking French lessons together.
Nancy
Sooooo beautiful!!! Your garden really is an amazing garden! Mary, love talking to you! Have a wonderful Sunday!! Hugs! Vanessa
ReplyDeleteMary these are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI harvested Endless Summer blooms, Friday. So happy we had them this year. Hope they dry nice.
I posted photos of our daughter and son in law's Alaskan cruise. Perhaps that will help you keep cool. They sure look good to me!
Have a great week.
Pat
Mary, your flowers look so lovely. In my garden (in this southern heat as well) the weeds are growing wonderfully and the flowers are struggling to stay alive and bloom. Your pictures make me want to work harder to get things looking "neat" again!
ReplyDeleteYou've had a lot going on these days! Wishing you rest and good health and happiness!
Hugs,
Lynn
Bravo for managing to keep those lovely blooms despite the heat. Up here we have to contend with deer that eat everything, so gardening is a challenge.
ReplyDeleteSummer in August is a little rough here too although the nights cool down and there isn't too much humidity. It all sort of gets crispy around the edges. Anyway, your photos make it look like your yard is lush, green, and full of flowers.
ReplyDeleteEvery time you mention your front porch..I want one ;-)
ReplyDeleteSummer in Devon has been terrible this year!;-)
What gorgeous pictures! How I love a morning glory. And that petunia beside the sleeping angel. Magnifique!
ReplyDeleteLove the morning glories!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you survive those hot summers.
Have a great week, and keep cool.
Rosemary
Oh! I love your window box, I have a empty window box and I going to see if I can duplicate yours.
ReplyDeleteHello Mary, I came to your blog to visit your pink saturday but I got delayed on your post of all your pretty flowers! Love the morning glories and petunias!
ReplyDeleteLove, Ann
Morning glories are aptly named...they are rather glorious, especially their colors. I'm fascinated by that spiky leaf...does that belong to the deep purple and pink morning glory? It's so different from the blue one!
ReplyDeleteHi Mary
ReplyDeleteMy garden looks so sad this time of year. There are a few things blooming here and there, but with the heat and the drought and the deer, it's pretty pitiful! Dreaming about and planning your trip sounds like the ideal thing to get your mind off the heat. Adieu, Rhondi
What beautiful flowers. I love the color. I also really like that cute little angel statue.
ReplyDeleteAren't morning glories wonderful? I am a member of a local garden club called the Morning Glories. I just think their colors are stunning and love the way the color fades into the throat of the flower!
ReplyDeleteChristi
Your flowers are so lovely, Mary. I am so glad they haven't wilted in the heat. That must be because of your TLC.
ReplyDeleteYou have some of my favorite flowers there! Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is absolutely stunning, Mary. I just love it. I know what you're saying about that heat! Whew!
ReplyDeleteWe're fortunate today though...it's been pouring all morning and certainly cooled off the temp. Not to mention it's great for my garden. I've done up a post for Thursday with some photos of what I recently found in my garden.
Terri
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