My Garden in August

by Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener

Welcome to August in Pennsylvania! We have quite a few flowers this month since the Japanese anemones and meadow rues have started their long season of bloom and the black-eyed Susans are prettying the curb. Come take a walk around!

Ethereal flowers of Thalictrum delavayi 'Splendide'.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Pink Anemone japonica Spirea Goldflame red Canna King Humbert and white Cosmos fill the Front Walk garden this week

Pink Anemone japonica, Spirea 'Goldflame', red Canna 'King Humbert' and white Cosmos fill the Front Walk garden this week.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, I love this combination purple butterfly bush Buddleia and Northern Sea Oats Chasmantheum latifolium

I love this combination: purple butterfly bush (Buddleia) and Northern Sea Oats (Chasmantheum latifolium).

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Spirea Goldflame has surprised me with some new flowers this month I cut it back in late May after its first flush and this often produces another one in August or September

Spirea 'Goldflame' has surprised me with some new flowers this month. I cut it back in late May after its first flush, and this often produces another one in August or September.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, I am so proud of these dragon wing Begonias that I managed finally to overwinter this year They are not huge but they are alive Now for a greenhouse to grow then even larger

I am so proud of these dragon wing Begonias that I managed (finally!) to overwinter this year. They are not huge, but they are alive. Now for a greenhouse to grow then even larger... :)

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, View from the front sidewalk to the Circle Lawn and down the Shade Path Hydrangea Limelight can be seen blooming along the inside of the fence in our backyard

View from the front sidewalk to the Circle Lawn and down the Shade Path. Hydrangea 'Limelight' can be seen blooming along the inside of the fence in our backyard.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Black eyed Susans Rudbeckia are blooming away in the curb strip There are a few airy leaves of crown vetch Securigera varia randomly coming up through it which I am glad to welcome in this wilder tangle of flowers

Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) are blooming away in the curb strip. There are a few airy leaves of crown vetch (Securigera varia) randomly coming up through it, which I am glad to welcome in this wilder tangle of flowers.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Allium tuberosum is just coming into flower in the Hill Garden The silvery lamb s ears Stachy byzantine are looking better after their July cut back

Allium tuberosum is just coming into flower in the Hill Garden. The silvery lamb's ears (Stachy byzantine) are looking better after their July cut-back.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Gracefully drooping Northern Sea Oats Chasmantheum latifolium They begin to a develop pretty purple coloring as summer moves into fall

Gracefully drooping Northern Sea Oats (Chasmantheum latifolium). They begin to a develop pretty purple coloring as summer moves into fall.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Potted Begonia on our steps to the sidewalk Here is also one of the most talked about plants for August the pink flowering meadow rue Thalictrum delavayi Splendide This one which is about five years old stands at 8 feet beside

Potted Begonia on our steps to the sidewalk. Here is also one of the most talked about plants for August: the pink-flowering meadow rue, Thalictrum delavayi 'Splendide'. This one, which is about five years old, stands at 8 feet beside

Thalictrum delavayi 'Splendide'.

my garden in august, flowers, gardening, hydrangea, Geranium Rozanne blooming and draping itself over our dwarf ornamental grass Miscanthus sinensis Dixieland

Geranium 'Rozanne' blooming and draping itself over our dwarf ornamental grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'.

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Douglas Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
Thalictrum is such a great plant and it is amazing the heights to which it will grow in one season.

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Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener on Aug 18, 2013
Thanks all!

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