On Friday, I planted all my California poppies (which are late this year, so I hope the heat doesn’t kill them), some dianthus, iceplant, verbena, and some of the geraniums. I focused on the side of the main front flowerbed and the bed along the front walkway. In the big flowerbed, I also sprinkled some seeds for African daisies, Cherry Profusion zinnias, and some yellow single-flowered marigolds (was it ‘Lemon Gem’?).

By the walkway, I dug out the asters and chrysanthemums that have grown there for several years. Dana has been tired of those flowers only showing up in the fall, with only green growth in the summer. I put some of the geraniums in there, along with verbena and dianthus.  I also scattered seeds for ‘Jaguar’ marigolds (a small, single-flowered type with marks of red on yellow petals) and purple alyssum seeds.

Also, I noticed that some black aphids are attacking one of my cherry trees and causing some new leaves to curl up and get sticky. I need to spray pesticide right away, but I ran out of time this weekend.