Mystery of the Munching Marauders

The thieves gobbling up my hosta leaves, roses and all other juicy buds, caught sneaking around today in broad daylight:

A Garden in Retrospect: Hibiscus and Roses of Sharon

 

A Garden in Retrospect: Majestic Roses

A Garden in Retrospect: Dahlias and Lilies

I love the multi-colors!

A photo at dusk, with the flash on:

The most resilient lily this year, braving intense heat and thriving just on the occasional rain shower:

Inspiring forms and colors:

Not sure if this was by design or the effect of wildlife chewing on it:

The best way to highlight a wall is to plant flowers along it!

A Garden in Retrospect: Sunflowers

As the cold rolls in (delayed by the recent heat waves), this is a first in a short series of posts on my garden through this past season. Let's start with the sunflowers!

These two emerged from an assorted seed packet my kids planted in a large canvas bag:

And these are two close-up perspectives of a bloom on a tall stalk (more than seven feet high), germinated at the kids' school:

This fellow was hiding on a short stalk between all the lilies: