A dry summer in Pauline’s garden in California

Here the Inner Garden is shew with ostrich ferns and begonia with shining green leaves and bright waxy pinkish heyday . For the second our garden seems to be cop with modified piss while the temperature remains 90 to 100 degrees . It is fortunate that much of the landscape painting is shaded by a canopy of 70 live and valley oak tree trees . So for the instant we are in garden survival musical mode hoping for early fall rain .

await back over the 50 years we have worked to make a woodland garden , we hope it will hold out the next few month until the rainwater arrives . ”

It does not look like your garden has put up at all , Irvin , a testament to it ’s timbre and health . praise , and keep the update coming !

Pink Lacecap hydrangea

Digitalis purpurea ( common foxgloves ) , with theirskyrocketing steeple , do well in the garden expanse where there is partial shade .

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Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle) is an excellent hot weather tree for our valley conditions. As an entry tree to our garden we selected several for their colorful and long-lasting flowers that occur in summer months.

Crape myrtle bark adds interest throughout the year to this wonderful tree.

Our hydrangea garden serves us well in the valley heat.

Blue lacecap hydrangea.

Japanese maples along maple lane include ‘Okushimo’, ‘Vitifolium’, ‘Okagami’, ‘Moonfire’, ‘Sherwood Flame’, ‘Sekimori’, ‘Murasaki’, ‘Kiyohime’, and ‘Aoyagi’.

For a change of pace this pot has been added next to a waterfall.

We enjoy watching Libellula saturata (flame skimmer or firecracker skimmer) circle our fish pond, grab flying insects in mid-air, and then touch down on a bamboo stake in our yard to eat them.