I'm at the Blake Garden

I've blogged my visits here once, twice, three times before.





Lots and lots of paths and stairs.





Here under the Japanese maples, a volunteer:





The rhodie I once called a manzanita. I still think the buxus-agapanthus-rhodie trio works really well.



More paths.













I'm never thrilled the first time I see Anemone hupehensis japonica in August. It always means the end of summer is drawing near. And I like summer.



At least we still have a lot of roses.



Two nice yellow roses. I prefer the simple one.





A big Phaseolus coccineus teepee near the rose garden.



I like these red and white flowers better than my single red.



I would have liked to taste a bean to compare with mine, but I didn't.



Pretty little borage.



Dahlias.















Dahlia + Amaranthus. I like.









Another interesting container.





I'm watching the Food Channel and I am STARVING! Let's finish this thing.



Check out this bench of recycled concrete.



It's not super-comfortable, but it's not like hell either.

They let the dry phlomis stalks stand.



Nice.



I have Lupinus arboreus next to Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds' (a manzanita) and their proximity makes the scene a tad too gray and fine-textured to be nice. Maybe a big grass like this...



would be nice next to the manzanita.



It's nice to have a lot of manzanita would to decorate with. (AHEM! "wood")



Epilobium canum waking up underneath dormant Erigeron.







Acer circinatum.



Symphoricarpus albus.



A nice place to stop.