Gardening Magazine

"What's Growing On" This Week

By John Markowski @jmarkowski0
The Penstemon 'Husker's Red' are in full bloom out of nowhere:

As are the Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle):

One of my favorite "foliage" plants has only recently emerged - Hibiscus 'Kopper King':

There was total chaos outside my window yesterday and I bolted outside to check it out (camera in hand). Turns out, it was over these berries on the Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance':

And the culprit was this maniac shaking the branches like The Hulk:

It may be boring to some, but I love any shrub that flourishes in wet conditions, is ignored by the deer and spreads to fill in a large space. Thank you Itea 'Henry's Garnet':


I relocated my previously criticized Geranium 'Brookside' to an area where they can run wild a bit more and have some support from other plants and so far, I dig the results:


Viburnum 'Emerald Lustre' is filled with more buds than ever before and once again, has avoided any deer chomping (fingers double crossed):

Catmint friggin rules:

Astilbe with white blooms look great in front of dark red leaves. We may have finally found the proper home for them:


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