The self-sowing celosia is looking great! This particular flower is almost in the shape of a crown. I planted celosia two years ago here and it has taken off. Be warned because it could become invasive if you allowed it to run amok. Of course it's easy enough to control with just a little bit of manual labor.
The crape myrtles are well into their blooming period. They really like it hot! This one is planted next to our arbor which frames the entry into the side garden.
My miniature sea of liriope! Liriope is used very often as a ground cover and for good reason. It's drought tolerant, almost no care is needed, and it looks pretty good when planted enmass.
This gaillardia was a self-sown offspring of an 'Oranges and Lemons' gaillardia. I've mentioned this particular gaillardia before but its fantastic red and yellow colors always make it worthy of revisiting.
I didn't plant this artemisia here but it doesn't look too bad. I believe it's 'Silver King'. I may not know 100% which variety it is but I can tell you it is extremely invasive. I really prefer 'Silver Mound' or 'Powis Castle' artemsias which are much more self contained. Unless you have a ton of area to cover I wouldn't recommend 'Silver King'. This patch of artemsia tagged along as a small root with a daylily I moved last year. It does look good though with my rudbeckia.
Do you remember my 'Trombetta' squash from the other day? Here it is with some of the other harvest from the vegetable garden over the weekend. I'm planning on frying up some squash medallions with this extra long squash. It's about a half-dollar size in diameter and about two feet long. I think I let it grow two to three days longer than I should have. We'll just have to see how it tastes to know for sure!
How was your weekend?