With my Connecticut gardens receiving soaking downpours – pushing three inches of rain since early yesterday morning – I have some soggy additions to the August 2011 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Carol, at May Dreams Gardens hosts this garden-fest on the fifteenth of each month so garden bloggers from all over the world can share what's blooming in their gardens.
Mid-summer blooms in my Connecticut (zone 6a) gardens stand defiant in the face of the hot July sun so on this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day there's much to share.
Are you among the gardeners who make morning coffee strolls through your gardens? I am. Not only is this a wonderful way to begin each day, but you can observe so much by quietly wandering among your flowering and edible plants. Just you, a wakening cup of coffee, the birds, and bees and other pollinators. With sharp eyes and ears, and no other distractions, you pick up all sorts of details you might otherwise miss.
Until last year I included a limited number of daylilies in my perennial beds, choosing instead to focus my plant-buying dollars on vegetation less palatable to local deer. But installation of a fence in our back yard expanded my plant choices and I'm re-falling in love with daylilies.
The rain has slowed, the sun is warm, but at mid-July we are still having rather cool (50 degree) nights. Here's what is blooming in my Connecticut gardens.
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