It’s quiet in the garden.

At present, with few exceptions, my garden is quiet, if not entirely unremarkable.

Unexpected:
Look whose Dianthus decided to rebloom. See the teensy white bloom in the lower left of this photo?

Surprising:
So many bees visit the Allium. Their fading blooms are still abuzz.

Resigned:
I am officially giving up on a slender bed along the right side of my house. Since Voles have begun uprooting the Liriope and Black Mondo grasses, I hereby vow that I will not plant another thing in that bed. Since each Black Mondo grass plant was $35!, today’s gardening to-do includes relocation of all seven plants.

Ending on a high note:
The Liriope in the Sunroom Garden are bringing much-loved color!

I won’t think about it now.

Notice the angle cut on one of the branches in the left corner of the photo above? That is one of the dead? dying? scorched? branches on my Oakleaf Hydrangea. As you can see in the two photos below, I trimmed away much of the damage. None of the wood I pruned away was “green” — it was white and dry inside.

Should I be worried that I’m losing my six-year-old Oakleaf?

I won’t think about it now.