It’s been three straight days of research, meetings, writing, stressing and presenting to boards on all things pipeline. I’m sure I’ll be writing about it all real soon (lucky you) but for now, I’m falling back on my comfort zone – my garden.

Here is the latest:

All of my spring planted Sneezeweed (Mariachi series) are blooming already and I had no idea until today.

Speaking of not knowing about blooming, same goes for Eupatorium ‘Wayside’ (Hardy Ageratum).

All of the Lobelia are in full bloom. This is ‘Vedrariensis’.

And Lobelia siphilitica.

Chelone lyonii (Turtlehead) just started to bloom and fortunately they have nearly doubled in count over the past few years.

The only surviving Boltonia is blooming and has yet to topple over. Maybe this one represents the survival of the fittest.

I completely missed all of the blooming Clethra (Summersweet) the past few weeks and this is all that remains.

What more can I say about Panicum ‘Northwind’?

Great color on Panicum ‘Rots’ right now.

Miscanthus purpurascens (Flame Grass) has got the silver blooming thing going on right now.

A Grass Menagerie … cool or a mess? Don’t answer.

Blooms fading on Pennisetum ‘Desert Plains’.

Northern Sea Oats ‘River Mist’ looks nice and thankfully has yet to reseed.