Here we are. August. What happened to May, June and July? May and June were dry, dry, dry, and July was the wettest on record, and tonight, being the First of August, I will have to irrigate for the first time in a month. Even though showers and flash flooding are in the forecast, the plants are looking dry, so I will turn on the irrigation if only for half of the normal time.
The gardens are just growing by leaps and bounds. The zinnias are going full tilt, the cosmos are not far behind, the lisianthus are still coming in strong and I have the most unusual collection of fillers. I am loving the grasses because the add movement to the flowers and like a garden, a bouquet should have ‘movement’ in my humble opinion. I am growing at least three different types of annual grasses, brizia, green drops and feather top which is just starting to set seed heads, Then I have bubble grass, or bubble something that is a linum, but the flowers seed pods become like little bubbles. I have to read up on it to see when it should be harvested, but it looks as though it will be really cool as well.
The first batch of sunflowers are stating to be harvested, they are way cool as well and will add lots of interest to your vase, and mix them with some rudbeckia and grasses and viola’ a summer bouquet.
I am off to see if the irrigation is working, so until next week, Allie