Cait's Garden

July is the time for tall flowers. Showy flowers. Sure, we thought May and June were pretty great, but on the whole those gentle months bring small to medium-sized, perfectly under control mounds of flowers. Now that it’s July, you’ve probably lost control of your garden completely to ostentatious giants like tall bee balm, balloon flowers, Shasta daisies, coneflowers, Culver’s Root, Joe Pye-Weed, tall phlox, lilies, and butterfly bushes. Things are growing on top of and in between each other, plants are climbing other plants, and the colors have gone kaleidoscope bright. Add a spray of water from your sprinkler and just let yourself be dazzled. There are so many choices of plants that are 36, 48, or even 60 inches tall! If you don’t have anything more than a foot tall in your garden, it’s time to build upward!