Not bad - loaded before I finished the elemental one-suit Spider Solitaire game I do during the wait. Nice. You've got a few things I'm not familiar with, but my verbena is more mound-like and blooming well, zinnias are a ways off from blooming. And I do love datura, but don't have one this year.

Needs work, then, Duluth. I can make the photos smaller, since they link to an album. The next question is, does it take longer than worthwhile to look at the album? How many hands of sol until the album loads?

An album doesn't have to be huge-monguous. This one has about 10 photos, It could be six or four, as easily, and the others put in another mini-album.

Actually, it was the initial post that took the time to load. The second time around here, once in and clicking on the pictures, I get into the album in maybe 2 seconds, and navigating through the album is no problem at all.

I guess we dial ups need the thumbnail sized links. Thanks for being sensitive to those of us who love to see other's gardens but don't have the fastest services.

Nell -- tell me about your datura. I have a few brugmansia and like the stature that provide for the garden.

I love the tithonia. How long does it bloom for you? Tall verbena is a favorite. I mass planted it this year at the top of our slope behind a mass of hypericum shrubs and mass planting of saliva Navajo red. BTW, the salvia is a beautiful red and is evergreen here in NC. I'm trying to decide whether to plant some thyme around the feet of the verbena to soften the look of the ground. Is that dianthus beneath yours?

Thanks
Cameron

...tell me about your datura.
These daturas are double yellow from passalong seed, very fragrant at night. I had the two taller ones last year, they returned and I planted three more. The smaller ones should catch up by the end of the month.

How long does (tithonia) bloom for you?
It's just started blooming from direct seeding. Last year it bloomed until frost, kept deadheaded.
saliva Navajo red -- I haven't planted S. Greggi, but S. coccinea freely reseeds, there are some new seedlings in the bed in front of the tall verbena. In some areas it's considered a thug, I just rogue out the misfits. A mass planting of it gets impressive by late summer.

... some thyme around the feet of the tall verbena ... Is that dianthus beneath yours? There's dianthus barbatus which bridges a time in spring when there's not a lot for butterflies, and reseeds. Nearer the stones is Bath's Pink dianthus. The front of the rocks has alternanthera which will be red in the fall. In the bed is 'Chartreuse' alternanthera which has been slow to grow from teensy cuttings, but I'm confident it will catch up. Alternanthera is hardy here if well protected and makes a great show en masse.

Thanks for the info and additional photos. If that's Agastache 'Blue Fortune', I planted a lot of it in my new butterfly garden. I also planted 'Red Fortune' (which is more magenta) in the outer garden mixed border.