My camera died again so I've been fudging these pictures for the past 5> days

It's kind of exciting. The camera works but not the monitor so I can't change any setting....well, I can't change them and know what I've done...and I can't see the pictures till I download them. I guess whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?

The garden was nice this morning. The replacement camera should arrive today, so no excuses tomorrow! I go through them about one every other year but I take ~30 pictures a day 365 days a year so....it all amortizes pretty well. The dogwood is one of the only things coloring up in the garden.

Achillea Tutti Frutti 'Pomegranate', Phygelius x rectus 'Cherry Ripe' and Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'

I found another one of those plants I fell in love with at Jimmy Turner's presentation at the Perennial Plant Conference at Swarthmore last year. Phygelius x rectus 'Cherry Ripe'. It is a spectacular plant. I have to admit I though it a fuchsia from three aisles away. It's dangerous cruising nursery after nursery. We bought Achillea Tutti Frutti 'Pomegranate' and I finally replaced Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii' that was lost during a garden renovation three years ago. I'd had the Aconitum, it's fun to call it "wolfbane" this time of year, for many years. It's the closest I can come to Delphiniums here; they, the Delphiniums, can't take the heat while the Aconitum just wants more water than my sandy soil provides. I can fudge the water but am unable to cool the garden. Aconitum is poisonous in case your garden entertains browsing toddlers.