Garden on sabbatical

Love affair with black-eyed susan going back to the 1st days in Minneapolis - along Lake Minnetonka, finally bloom in my garden

Sedums are flowering earlier than usual, a sign of low temps

Hardy Gardenia that has survived one mild winter has been flowering along the sidewalk and the envy of passers by

Humming bird corner - Agastache and yellow Crocosmia with blue scabiosa and hardy geranium

Cactus Dahlia and marigolds putting on a show in the veggie box where i temporarily plopped them.

Artichoke flower had caught my fancy since the first year in our home - the house on the corner of our street had one along the sidewalk. Under the impression they needed hotter temps, i never planted one. This year, after seeing a few gigantic ones at Bethany Nursery, Kruger's farm and Hughes' garden, i planted a lil one in June with hopes for next year but a pleasant surprise awaited us on our return home from the east-coast.