I haven’t been taking pictures of much lately; mostly just this year’s Baby Cs, but…

Diervilla lonicera, and the reason I grow it. One of the reasons, anyway.

Standing cypress, and one look at the flowers explains why I grow that.

Toadally Awesome, escaping an incredible deluge over the weekend. Looks like he’s been eating well!

I finally got rid of the vinca out front. Well, I hope I did, anyway; I pulled it, and we’ll see what happens from there. I wanted to replace it with a native, but I don’t want to commit to watering there, so I needed something that would thrive on neglect and morning sunlight, since that’s all it’s going to get. C gave me some sedum that she believes to be ‘Angelica’. Not native, but not invasive, and it’s a fast-spreading succulent that has shallow roots that make it very easy to remove if it goes somewhere it oughtn’t. The vinca was controlled in this spot, but every time I looked at it, all I could think of was how much damage it can do if it does escape, so it had to go. Anyway, the sedum looks like shit now, but it’ll fill in, assuming it wants to grow there and doesn’t just keel over and die on me.