Summer in Lynn’s Garden

Dahlias and vitex steal the show

We ’re in Malvern , Pennsylvania , today impose Lynn Crawford ’s garden . We ’ve been to Lynn ’s garden before ( Peonies and Other Favorites;Flowering Tonight Only ! ) , and today we ’re look at some summer blooms .

What is late summertime withoutdahlias ? In zone 8 or warmer they can be leave behind in the ground over wintertime . In colder climates they are easy to dig and store over wintertime in a cool touch like a basement .

A lovely racy pink dahlia

Dahlia efflorescence are endlessly variable . This one has petal with a lighter fringe at the edge .

Dahlias hump deep soil and plenty ofwaterto digest the most vigorous growth and biggest , most abundant blooms .

Just stunning ! Dahlias are equally beautiful in the garden orcut for a vaseinside .

I thought I would partake in this ikon of myVitex(chaste Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , Zones 6–10 ) in bud . I have bask this shrub for many years with its blue / purple flower spikes . It reminds some of a buddleia orlilac , but I opt the vitex flower . I also have it in blank ( alba ) in a tree form . Just last class I was thrilled to find a pinkish diversity and have summate it to my garden . It is a young plant and the peak are not as prominent as the juicy / over-embellished single , but I am hopeful . It is a magnet for bees and butterfly , and sometimes it ’s difficult to get near enough to cut some stems for a bouquet because of all the meddlesome bees . It enjoys full sunlight and isdrought tolerant , deciduous , and stalwart in my Zone 6 . The leaf is large , with five leaflet . This China native is popular in the southern part of the United States , especially Texas .

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