Look Around The Garden Beds - Backyard - Mid-August 2026
There is too much going on in the garden to break everything down into an individual post in the [garden diary]. Some of the more meaningful things that I'd like to track get their own posts, but other things that I just want to note are going to be included here in this round-up. Calling it "A Look Around the Garden Beds". Start with the Garden Edit under the tree swing tree. The Summer Beauty Alium are in bloom, but starting to fade. They're doing great here. Makes me remember why I liked them out of the gate. One of the climbing hydrangeas that I planted on that same tree swing tree is growing. See the vine climbing up the trunk: A little bit behind these Allium is a layered look of ornamental grasses and Little Lime Hydrangeas. And Three Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' Maiden Grasses. The grasses are "dwarf" grasses, so they're staying shorter than most grasses, allowing the blooms of the (also dwarf) Hydrangea show through. I've ...