This is something new this year -- a pomegranate blossom on my dwarf pomegranate bush:
And even better, a pomegranate! Compare it to the pansy in the background -- it's a bit smaller than a quarter:
Coreopsis has been putting on a good show this summer, though it hasn't attracted as many bees and butterflies as I'd hoped:
Rudbeckia is just starting to put on a show:
The seeds for fancy ornamental sunflowers that I planted in the spring all came to nothing. My best sunflower is one that came up under the bird feeder from seeds that the birds scattered:
Fall-blooming cyclamen are popping up, a veritable miniature forest of cyclamen marching through the parched soil:
A white cyclamen popped up, a sport that I've not seen before. I hope I get more:
The Tristar strawberries got off to a late start, but they're still producing well. I've had strawberries and yogurt with breakfast every morning for many weeks now:
My lilies have all petered out, except this big white one:
The late spring set everything back. I'm only now seeing the first blush on my tomatoes:
This pink picotee penstemon is just luscious:
My pink and blue border is pretty, but a lot messier than I imagined it:
The blue asters are just starting to bloom to the delight of the honeybees:
Honeybees also like my Chelone (turtle heads). There's a bee crawling into the lowest blossom in front:
Bumblebees seem to like them, too:
One of three small corn patches around the yard. This patch hasn't tassled yet, but the other two have:
And that's where we are at the end of August.
