Verbenas are a rich source of nectar for honey bees and butterflies

The first half of the year has passed and all of the work that has been done in the garden thus far, can be enjoyed during the month of July, August and onward.

Even with the best laid plans, and for the most diligent of gardeners doing everything correctly — sowing seed indoors during January and February and then pricking out and hardening off; dividing established clumps of herbaceous during the winter months; staking the taller growing perennials to support their sometimes flimsy stems to keep their blooms aloft — even with all these things done correctly it still all comes down to the greatest unquantifiable of all, the weather.