the deck and patio in June

 The basil

In a big white pot on the deck is a Verbascum 'Temptress Purple - 38-45 cm. (15 inches)  Full sun. And a Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream' General information:  Bright rose-pink daisy-like flowers bloom June - Sept. Green foliage on vigorous plant with mounding habit.  Grows 12 - 18 inches tall and wide.  Good cut flower.  Suggested uses:  good in containers, borders, and mass plantings.  Soil: moist.  Exposure:  full fun.  And a 'Red Fox' Veronica spicata.  Sun to part shade, 12 - 30 cm tall, the same width.  Keep well watered.  Theverbascum may not survive, there are lots of coreopsis, and the veronica has black spot on its leaves.  This pot was to be my 'butterfly garden' on the deck.  I don't really recall seeing any butterflies on it.  If I can save the Verbascum I will put it in the front little rockery.  There is a self seeded verbena bodenaries in this pot.  The humming birds like it.

This pot is on the patio.  There is a nice campanula in bloom now.  The pink plants are the little erodium that falls over the rock wall next to the step up to the old sidewalk.   

 This pot sits at the other side of the garage door from the one above.  It contains crocosmia "lucifer" and dragons blood sedum.  The sedum would make a good plant for hanging over the little gold wall at the front.  But it would probably not get enough sun.

 I have been planting milkweed seeds all over in the garden.  I seem to have one growing in this pot and in another brown pot.  I shall wait for them to bloom to see if they are the 'soul mate' ones and then try and get them transplanted in the Autumn.

 I think this is a veronica.  It is an old planting in front of the rhodos and it hangs over the little rock retaining wall.

 The erodium put on a spectacular show.  I have dead headed it and hope it blooms again.  It grows under the grape at the  corner of the garage in the patio area.

This is the rhodo with the little veronica and the creeping phlox which is finished blooming. 

Going up the old sidewalk we pass the very nice white foxglove.  I am going to save seed from it and hope that it comes true to its pure white color. 

 These 3 pink foxgloves are in front of the new rhodo and ferns.  The rhodo will grow to at least 10 feet tall so in a couple of years this should be a nice setting next to the house.

 The grapes look like they are going to produce a good crop this year.

This is the cleaned up stepping stones that go around the fig tree bed.  More on this later.  It is all weeded and just needs watering and maintenance.  The fig tree got a heavy pruning by the Davey Tree guys and I do not see any figs on it yet.  The red Maltese Cross Lynchnis is doing well.  This bed needs a little attention to some of the plants that are not big enough for the rest of them.  There are 2 miniature roses that have to come out.