I am just loving all these photos! Christin, I just repotted about 10 'Eveline' from the seeds you gave me and now I'm really excited after seeing your picture! That Queen Fabiola is really nice! I see High Country Gardens has them. This is going to be a really stupid question, but when do these bulbs get planted? Spring bulbs I plant in fall and usually summer bulbs I plant in early spring. But this looks like an "early" summer bulb and High Country has them available now. Do they get planted in the fall? Luckygal, I really like those blue glass floats. Very pretty in your glass totem. I have some blue garden items in the cottage area (not that I really spend a lot of $$$ on anything other than plants!) I have a blue birdbath, a blue hanging glass ball, gazing globe, a glass butterfly and a couple blue mushrooms. Also some blue ceramic pots on the front deck. I definitely tend to decorate the cottage area with blue. This picture was last year at this same time. Also have a blue table set on the side deck between the cottage garden and the backyard. Here it is when the mountain laurel were in bloom about a month ago. I love blue in the garden and do have some of the plants that everyone listed above. But for a real big impact I tend to use non-plant items (not to mention my whole house is blue!)

Brandy, hi! Your EN is beautiful, and so are his companions nearby! :-) Paul, Cutting Edge has interesting colours...care to tell me a bit about it please? It's all good...the blue, the shape, the leaf detail...what's not to love? I'm curious about how you've kept the colour combinations. Thnx Jo. Btw...can you post a picture of something resembling an ugly hosta...or do you know what that is? lol You (stand out as one of the ones) who has perfect hosta pictures - each and every time. Highest compliment I can give you...well deserved..you can be proud of your hosta, your gardens, and your gardening skills in general. I'm in awe.

Here is some blue for those dog days of summer....the Phal. Violacea is amazingly fragrant like sweet big red gum...and the Lou Sneary just slightly fragrant but nice cooling effect to look at...

Beautiful plants and lovely blooms!!! I'm with Darlene, wouldn't mind having those blues!