Ten reasons why I love this garden vignette/photo so much:
1. It is sunny and summer
2. The Allium is still providing interest weeks after it stopped blooming
3. The way the Iris looks backlit by the sun
4. The fact that the Monarda and Phlox are blooming at the same time
5. The contrast of the Barberry branches and the Iris leaves
6. The combined scent of the Monarda and soon to be blooming Clethra
7. The creatures drawn in by both the Monarda and the Clethra blooms
8. It is sunny and summer
9. The privacy afforded by the mature trees along the back of my property
10. The deer have never touched any of these plants
