"Ooh La La" Time is Here

Recently, Grace said that when my Joe Pye Weed and its neighbors started blooming, it would be, "Ooh laa laa", and I am pleased that they are in the process of opening up their blooms.

There are several kiss me over the garden gate plants in the area.

I trimmed back the outside stems of the Joe Pye Weed in the spring so that they could help support the middle of the plant, and so that they would bloom later, extending the bloom time.

There won't be much of a difference after all.  Here is what the top blooms look like.

The lower ones do have tighter buds, so they are a bit behind the top ones.

Looking to the east, there are more flowers blooming.

I did some checking and it looks like I was correct, that last year's love lies bleeding cross pollinated with a celosia.  They are both amaranths.  Pure love lies bleeding has individual "ropes" that come down from the base of the bloom, not up and down the main one.

This hibiscus plant is taller than it has ever been, and is loaded with buds and blooms.

We're at the east side of the north part of the bed.  Volunteer cleomes and verbena bonerensis have joined the coneflowers, rattlesnake masters, and other blooms.

This one is a different color than the above one.

The delphinium is sending some new blooms up after the first were deadheaded.

The hellenium, 'Ruby Tuesday'  has gotten fuller and taller this year, too. 

It has a couple flowers open.  They don't exactly go with the colors of the other blooms, but I don't think they clash.

Back to the west side of the bed, there are more blooms growing near the Joe Pye Weed.

I think these daylilies are 'Gentle Shepherd'.

The phlox is 'Orange Perfection', looking nice with the volunteer blue salvia, even though it is not really orange.

I don't remember if I planted this mountain mint, but it looks different from the other kinds I have.  It barely has enough room under the Joe Pye Weed.

We're back where we started, the view from our front porch.

I am joining Jean's Bloomin' Tuesday today.  Click on the photo to check out her blog and see what she and others have blooming.