I have obviously fallen way behind in my posts. Where has the summer gone? We had a visitor the other evening, a very welcome one.

I wanted so badly to hold him in my palm and love him up, but I restrained myself so we could get the photo. He was perched on (or rather stuck to) a magnolia leaf- excellent choice of tree my little friend.

Now on to the veggie garden. We are growing Red Burgundy okra this year. Everything about this plant is attractive- the flowers, the leaves, and the red fruits themselves. This would look great as an ornamental. In fact, Frances of fairegarden talks about drying them for a fall wreath in one of her recent posts. This is a wonderful garden blog, please do check it out.

What’s making me happy lately besides the recently purchased very precious (and expensive!) Heronswood Globe Katsura tree ?  More on that later.  The newer “tree shrub groundcover area”, for lack of a better name.  After viewing expertly designed large scale plantings of the aforementioned at The Oregon Garden last year, I fully embraced this aesthetic and realized that in many ways it makes sense for our setting: easy to maintain + multi-season interest.

The shapes, textures and foliage colors are compelling enough with or without blooms. This isn’t exactly the case in my “fireworks” bed, where the show is about over.

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