Create Summer Color In Your Backyard Garden

Create Summer color in your backyard garden is sometimes tricky, as the summer heat can wilt you plants and blooms. Keeping the more needy plants watered will help a lot. Dead heading and a little summer pruning will help keep your plant in a healthy condition.
In our neighborhood we get a lot of Swallowtail Butterfly's, and some Monarchs. The photos you see through out my blog here are all from less than 1/8 acre. So you can see you can get a lot out of a small yard. Layering your plants so the final effect is non stop color in the garden. As long as the weeds don't get ahead of our efforts. Summer color in my garden comes from large Hibiscus and Butterfly bushes. Giant Blue Hydrangea is a real stand out.
So if You want a garden that attracts the eye and wildlife, plant a variety. Seeing and finding plants at your local garden center is always benefited by seeing how different plant work together or not. Many mistakes are made when selecting plants. Plant of similar needs tend to work well together.

Brand New Family of Cardinals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRwA7Hg6jM

Waiting For The Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf2sXkGZgT0

Waiting For The Sun

Waiting for the sun, as many are getting rained out. I put together photos taken from my backyard garden and set it to music, so watch and enjoy. Butterfly garden has attracked a lot of butterflies and Hummingbird moths, they move fast.
Summer time can have its share of work so cut back the overgrown stuff and anything that has gone to seed or has died back. Keeping the garden clean of debris will keep down pests and disease.
Keep up on keeping the weeds down.