is in pretty good shape, though it’s been awfully dry. My wife and I haven’t really tried anything new, except I’ve started to add annuals in pots in back for a little more color. Here’s what we have in the yard:

black-eyed susans, which are thriving, of course (they love it here)
pink coneflowers (just starting to bloom)
holly hocks, dark purple and pink blooms
russian sage (thriving)
butterfly bush (needs more sun but blooming)
false indigo (blooms gone, putting out many seed pods now)
shasta daisies (about to bloom)
anemones (a month away)
oak leaf hydrangea (thriving)
annabelle hydrangea (almost full bloom)
roses of sharon (blooming way early)
tiger lilies (also way early blooms
zinneas (way way early but blooming)
petunias in pots in full bloom
geraniums, one potful
johnny jump-ups (holding on barely)
pansies, a big pot, still blooming but past prime
three light red rose shrubs, all but done blooming till September
milkweed, being suffocated by the false indigo
lamb’s ears, thriving
tick seed, being suffocated by the lamb’s ears
orange cosmos (volunteers from last year)
climatis (done blooming sadly)
morning glories (just starting to grow in a few spots)
day lilies, happy returns variety, mostly done blooming
irisis, blooms long gone, sadly
lilac shrub (blooms & their wonderful scent long gone)
honeysuckle vine (invasive species I can’t seem to keep in place)
sweet pea (love this vine)
marigolds (darned grackles keep biting off blooms)