Rain, Finally

We had an inch-and-a-quarter of rain yesterday, the first in a long time. I watered, sometimes, mostly in the front under the trees. September was the driest ever measured. Interestingly, mid-July is when things went badly off course. Up until then, we were even with last year, which was the wettest on record. But in mid-July, this year the water turned off, when last year it turned on at the same time. And also the year before (2017), the rains came in mid-July.

September Blooms

September continued dry - the dryest on record. The prairie plants did well, and it was the year of the ageratum, everywhere.

My full sun prairie patch

This vivid beauty is a bottle gentian.
I planted it several years ago, and haven't seen it recently.

This blue thing was planted by my landscaper
the first year I was here, 20+ years ago, and
continues to do well.

A good year for drought-tolerant goldenrood.

Woodland aster, spreading happily.

The white ageratum.

The blue ageratum.

August Blooms

Catching up on the garden, August was dry. Less hot than July, but hot. But some things bloomed.

Boneset - a eupatorium, volunteer widespread in the neighborhood.

Verbesina, popping up all over

It was the season for NY ironweed (the purple stuff),
and ageratums, which are everywhere.

Cardinal flower, of which I hope to have more, and pink turtleheads.