A few days ago Marc and I were about to climb into the wood burning hot tub at the back of the garden when I noticed one outlier amongst the morning glories: a huge white moon flower!

A friend of mine showed up last summer with two seed packets - morning glories and night-blooming moonflower.

Amaranth is a spectacular vision of early Autumn. The color is vibrant, the texture whimsical.

The iris is omnipresent right now in southwestern Ohio. Most often a sublime purple ruffle, but also occurring in other shades, the iris stands tall and proud at the back of garden beds.