Some light

The evening sun backlights the plants of the front garden so nicely, sometimes I just have to go outside and get a closer look! Even the plants that are in shade now benefit (photographically) from the light reflected off the front of the house.

(I took these a couple of weeks ago, but I have seen a variation of it every day since. )

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Allium seed head still satisfies long after blooming has finished:

So many Agastaches, mainly the small-flowered types (A. foeniculum and similar):

The ubiquitous bamboo:

Pachypodium lamerei always looks better outdoors:

I had to show the Hibiscus lasiocarpos flower buds again, all curled together so nicely:

I can't remember if this is normal or if there is extra curl this year...

Red-whisker clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra) -- my favorite common name I think -- is a native that looks like a miniature clemoe:

Another native that has become a bit weedy in my garden (Chasmanthium latifolium):

I remember when I first bought this the nursery worker said it was beautiful, like a little bamboo. My bamboos are easier to control than this one I think.

Glad to say that Verbena bonariensis reseeds in my garden, and some of the plants overwinter. This is a somewhat wind-blurred image, but makes me happy:

Not so glad about this:

Pests like this are not usually a big problem here, and a blast of water got rid of them.

Why have a garden if you're not going to look closely, right?

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