Moon Vine Asserts Itself

Apparently not happy to leave interaction with the Joe Pye Weed to the Morning Glory that shares its climbing stalks, the Moon Vine is now also firmly making its presence known. Joe Pye, BTW, is doing very well this year. Having suffered from the drought the past two years, its blooms are abundant and vibrant this summer, its leaves are green, and it's about 5 feet tall. The Moon Vine looked a bit tattered when I took its picture this morning -- rain and snails are no doubt responsible for that.

Morning Glory & Joe Pye Weed in Mid-Summer Garden

The Morning Glory started out climbing up a set of poles that were already accommodating a Moon Vine. I thought it would be an interesting combination -- the white Moon Vine and the blue Morning Glory. "Mother Nature" dictated otherwise. First of all, the Morning Glory was a pinkish lavender, and then it turns out that it likes its other neighbor, the Joe Pye Weed, more than it likes the Moon Vine. It must be the color attraction!

Moon Vine

A purchase from the Hoschton Farmers' Market, about two months ago, this Moon Vine is happy to have some stalks for support. A Morning Glory is climbing up on the other side, but has not yet bloomed.

I've also just changed the blog title's background, to show off the Lavender (being visited by a bee) and an unnamed Daylily now blooming in my garden. The 90+ degree weather of the past few weeks has not been good for any of my plants, but overall, since we have more relaxed watering restrictions this year than we had in 2008, no complaints!