With lots of rain, the garden is blooming like mad. The most ridiculous plant is Michael’s Stargazer Lily. I don’t particularly like Asiatic lilies–I don’t like they way they’re so top heavy and require support–but Michael really likes them, so I have several.

Michael is 5′ 10″ if that gives you some perspective of how tall this plant has grown.

Here you can see the whole plant, and you might also notice that Michael didn’t get the supports up fast enough, so there is an “S” curve in the lower part of the stem. So theoretically this should be even taller.

Which is nuts.

Wet and wild hydrangea flower.

Astilbe. I still can’t get a really good picture of it. Next house, any porch/deck supports will be a neutral color, so as not to clash with my flowers.

The flowers on the Butterfly bush are so heavy that they’re now horizontal instead of vertical.