I have a cool flower bed or two here at the house. I have raspberry lilies, daylilies, iris, daffodils, tulips, and a ton of hosta. I also have a bridal wreath shrub and a blue mist shrub. Lorna also has two ferns.
All was fine until this year.
First we got unusually warm weather in the early spring. All the flora was out and oh so happy, despite my warnings. Then came some frosts. Then came a late heavy wet snow.
Some of the plants looked like they would recover although would not be near their usual beauty.
Then came the hail storm. And the next. And the next.
Oh, and then the drought.
The hosta suffered the most since it has such big broad leaves.
This year I had less than five hosta bloom, only one or two daylilies, one raspberry lily, a lot, but not as much as usual, of the daffodil bloomed.
With such a hot summer, I didn’t venture out much. I try to go out at least once a day but not this summer. I may be insane but I’m not stupid. But today is such a pretty day, nice temp, cool breeze. So I went outside and took the camera.
The main bed up front.
The hosta
Despite the damage, there are still younger hosta that started growing after the frost, snow, and hail. They have nice leaves.
The raspberry lilies
The blue mist shrub, which was sheltered during the hail storms, did good although it needed daily watering. It is even having some new growth.
Lorna’s mom gave me a rabbit statue to go with my other one. They are out among the day lilies although they weren’t as well hidden as usual.
