Sunday Morning on the Deck

What a beautiful Sunday we are enjoying today.  It was very cool (40's) at 6:00 a.m. and 80 degrees by 2pm.  Perfect weather!

I was outside early taking pics of the deck before the sun got high enough to cast shadows.

Last year I bought this container of switch grass 'Rotstrahlbush'. I overwintered it in it's original pot. I thought it had died until a few weeks ago when it finally came up! Really...it was late July before anything began to grow.  It is still not very tall. I decided to put it in a deck vignette where I would get much more enjoyment then I get looking at it alone in this ugly plastic pot.

 

I love its soft feathery panicles against the rough 'Tropicana' leaves.

 The panicles should get taller and turn a reddish color as fall approaches.

I love August on my deck.  This is the time when my tropicals began to flower and I can move the containers around to make different combinations. 

 

This Rembrandt dahlia began blooming this week:

The petals look paint splashed ....I love it!

 

Here is another Rembrandt in golden yellow and red:

 

The coleus planters I bought the first week of July have really exploded in size.

 DH and I are both enjoying them.  It is wonderful having containers with no blooms to fade and fall onto the deck floor.  J gets all the credit for the deck plants this year. He has been super diligent in his daily watering/fertilizing. 

 

 

 Look at the size of this coleus sitting on the floor:

 

They look so good I am wondering if he is singing to them each afternoon....LOL. 

 

I hope you are all having a great Sunday, too!