The Brugmansias (Angels Trumpets) that were mostly in bud in my last post are now in full bloom.
It's Friday evening and I just walked down the driveway to get the mail. The heady fragrance of their perfume filled the air.
This one is right by the gate to the driveway.
More Brug blooms:
Sitting on the patio, I enjoy the complexity of the plants in the "Danger Garden".
Yesterday I finally took time to revisit my "throne". I sat and read there for a while, and then I was compelled to take more photos.
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The garden is looking pretty good for late summer. Tom and I, Tom more that I, have both been doing some trimming and cleaning up, getting our exercise and fulfilling our need to "get our hands in the dirt".
Now as evening falls, we will soon see the bright orange moon peaking through the trees. We are having a lot of smokey air from wild fires west, east, and north of us. The sun in the day casts a smokey golden glow and the moon at night is a bright orange ball of almost fullness.
We're having a cooldown starting tomorrow. Will there be thunder storms? We shall see.
Your garden is all so beautiful! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteAwesome new header. I like the red throne.
ReplyDeleteYou have wonderful places to sit and enjoy your gardens. The amount of work you and Tom put in to keep it that way is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI do hope the smoke blows off soon.
Holy wow. Your garden is absolutely gorgeous. I have garden envy. Serious garden envy.
ReplyDeleteYour gardens look good especially the Hostas, and Tom's Angels Trumpets are very pretty:)
ReplyDeleteLove your garden and your throne is magnificent! Congrats on spiffying it up - until the leaves fall again - and then it starts over. Yardwork is the most enjoyable and fruitful in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I have never seen Angel Trumpets... they are gorgeous! And your throne is certainly in a lovely area. Question: why is it called the danger garden?
ReplyDeleteIt's a term I borrowed from several blog friends who loved spiny, pokey, dangerous plants, like Agave, Aloe, Mangave . Now we collect them too.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the picture of you on your throne amid your tidy flower beds 🌸 🌸 🌸.
ReplyDeleteThese flowers I know them as Datura. I had some in the past and remember how nice was their perfume especially in the evenings.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is always beautiful ours with the heat and dryness is miserable.
We are leaving by the end of the week for our holidays. Have a nice stay in Oregon!
I will be waiting for your pictures.
Datura have smaller, up pointing flowers on smaller, less woody plants, and are called Devil's Trumpets. Brugmansia have larger, down hanging flowers on woody stems that can grow to tree size, and are called Angels Trumpets. Both are toxic, Datura more so.
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