Francee is looking okay except for one leaf so she can stay where she is.

A new Remember Me

Fire Island

Stained Glass - it's almost completely hidden by the Dicentra eximia so she's getting moved this fall as well, probably in Blue Mammoth's old spot.

Still more - couldn't add them all in one post.

Guacamole- it's bloom reminds me of an angel now ;)

Fragrant Bouquet

Squash Casserole

Very bleached Sum and Substance

Sun Power, really like the bloom on this one.

I'm sorry - I took more pictures than I thought!

June

Guardian Angel

Thought I would take advantage of the new sun and get more pollinator flowers.

Veronica Speedwell First Love

A hummingbird was visiting the Toad Lily this morning but it was too fast for my camera.

And for the night pollinators, Nicotiana Alata

That's it - hope I didn't torture you too much. I get carried away apparently ;)

No torture, we all get carried away from time to time...thanks for sharing. You will have to move the blue ones, they don't get used to sun:-(

Yes, I already have a different spot picked out for them.

Even though the Guacamole isn't a blue, I fear it will washout completely if left in too sunny of a spot. You poor thing---it's a nightmare when you lose a tree and all of your hostas need moving! Good luck !

Really, even Guacamole? I think this fall is going to be busier than I thought. :(

You have many very lovely hostas, no uglies at all but shot of Guacamole is perfect - colour-perfect to me! :-)

I'm glad you got carried away. Loved looking at your pictures!

Josephine, thank you for the kind words! I like Guacamole too. He was plain green when I got him but the variegation is showing up now. :) I really like his bloom too. Reminds me of the cornstalk angels I've seen.

Have you ever grown Nicotiana? My aunt said hers had no fragrance and for the longest time I thought I'd gotten a dud too because I wasn't out there at the right time. The blooms start opening around 6 but the fragrance isn't noticeable until around 8 or 8:30. I was finally out there at the right time - lovely fragrance. It reminded me of Jasmine and scents from my childhood. :)

Thank you SusanB :)

Stephanie, I have grown nicotiana (red and white) and the scent is lovely...in the evening and more noticeable in still air. It may be possible that you have good receptors and can detect scent easier than your Aunt, or she just didn't catch it at the right time. :-) Such a nice plant and I remember I was surprised how tall it got (probably didn't pay attention to its full name at the time). Plantaginea opens its blooms in the evening too - I love catching its scent when it's the strongest.

My Guacamole Don has a good amount of flowerscapes and I should go check to see how they are coming along...

i dont see any uglies ... ken

Thank you guys.. I've been worried that they were toast because of the extra sun and all the bleaching going on but I'm going to quit worrying so much and just keep on watering until I can move the blue ones. : )

Stephanie - All beautiful... no uglies at all! I really like your Guacamole coloring as well! So how much sun is it getting now?

I feel your pain... I had plans for a garden bed that is shaded by a big old silver maple. I didn't think DH would ever agree to have it cut down, but he finally has - so that's in the plans for this fall, and I'm scrambling to research other trees that might work in that area so I can get some shade going asap! I soooo wish we had had it removed when we built 6 years ago (it's terribly messy and large limbs seem to die off randomly from time to time... it's probably in demise). I really want some big blues, but I'll probably have to wait a while :( .

Lol, Don.....you could say yours are "holier than thou" nyuk nyuk! ;-). Hostas are pretty - hail is ugly!

Oh boy, Don - the hail hammered them.. They're still pretty though. Guardian Angel still has her pretty color. :) I hope next year brings less hail for you and the others that got hammered by storms this season.

Thank you, wm. :) I went from dappled shade and a couple of hours of afternoon sun to 3 hours of morning sun and 2 to 3 hours of afternoon sun where the ones near the front of the bed are, including Blue Mammoth. Guacamole gets less than that - his spot is more dappled so minus an hour probably. I think the tree coming down before the hostas were fully leafed out helped - it got hot so early that it might've been worse later.

What blues are you going to get? Santa Rosa has Halycon for 2.22, but it's not a large. I'm going to order a couple simply because it's too good a price to pass up and I do have room in the new bed.

Planning for trees is fun though. There are so many to choose from! I like the weeping redbuds they have now and dogwoods are always nice. Flowers and berries for the birds to eat. :)

I'm sorry you're losing your shade for now though and having to postpone your blues but I know you'll have something much better in the long run :) I know what you mean about postponing tree removal - the one I had taken down was about three feet away from my bedroom. Every time it got windy I slept on the couch because it would've crunched me. Plus I actually have enough sun on the other side of yard to grow tomatoes!!! I haven't been able to do that in years.