What's looking good in July 2017

[tbendl]

 

[mg guy]

Hey, thanks for the kind welcome!

 

[alp]

Are they black or deep ??? I mean the petunias! Very nice

 

[mg guy]

Are they black or deep ??? I mean the petunias! Very nice

maybe deep purple? (couldn't resist.)

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Blue Giant Hyssop is really blooming now!

 

[MaryMary]

From the "What's looking good in May 2017" thread:

I was wondering if you could take a group photo of your 7.5 cats to show us? Might take a bit of doing?

Beverly, May 23, 2017 post #99

@Beverly, I took that as a personal challenge, and quietly picked up the gauntlet.
Since the half-cat only comes around when times are hard , this was quite a challenge. This is the closest I've gotten.

Who's who in the pack of wild heathens:

At the 12 o'clock position is Smudge.
2 o'clock is Squirrel.
4 o'clock is Sh!tty Kitty.
6 o'clock is my half-cat, Chaps.*
8 o'clock is Dunder. (Short for Dunderhead.)
10 o'clock is Ringtail.
The fluffy orange one, (I'm sure you recognize,) is Little Man, the cat of many hats.


*Chaps places himself very low in the hierarchy of heathens and must be fed separately, else he will sit and watch the others eat, content to clean up their scraps.

 

[marlingardener]

MaryMary, we have six barn cats who keep us jumping. I can't imagine having 7.5 cats. I am wondering if there is a food stamp program for cat food . . . .
Here are ours, Mamacat and her brood. Our vet bills are going to be astronomical!

 

[Beverly]

I should have known i would hear from you about this @MaryMary, always up for a challenge What a handsome assortment of cats you have and looking nicely fed...lucky cats.

 

[MaryMary]

Oh, @marlingardener!!
I can't stop looking at the beautiful striping on those cats!! None of mine are striped, all I have are patches. (Odd, because I have always liked stripes better. .) Those two at the 9 o'clock position have almost identical striping, just different colors... they could be happy here in Ohio, too...

I should have known i would hear from you about this @MaryMary, always up for a challenge What a handsome assortment of cats you have and looking nicely fed...lucky cats.

You mean you didn't know this day would come?!
MaryMary Quite Contrary will rise to the challenge... Shoot, if things get serious, I've even got a soapbox!

 

[marlingardener]

MaryMary, look for a FedEx box with air holes to be delivered to you. I'll even throw in an extra kitten to keep the two stripey ones company.
No need to thank me, happy to share the joy.

 

[alp]

They are all so cute!

 

[zigs]

Wild Carrot

Hemp Agrimony

St John's Wort

Rock Samphire

Teasle

 

[marlingardener]

Zigs, is there more than one variety of St. John's Wort?
When we had it in upstate New York, it was a ground cover, rarely more than 4" tall. It also had yellow flowers and was a great plant for filling in empty spaces in the flower beds.

 

[MaryMary]

More Stargazers...

A bumblebee on the Spiderwort.

And... my orchid is blooming!!

 

[zigs]

Zigs, is there more than one variety of St. John's Wort?
When we had it in upstate New York, it was a ground cover, rarely more than 4" tall. It also had yellow flowers and was a great plant for filling in empty spaces in the flower beds.

Yep, that's our native wild one. The one you had sounds like the same ground cover one we had at middle school, we used to crush the flower buds as it smelt funny