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It’s weigela time.
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A deciduous shrub that has definitely enjoyed the over abundance of wet weather we’ve had this year.
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It always blooms…
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But rarely this much.
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And the hummingbirds are loving it as much as we are.
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Elsewhere in the gardens…
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Snow in summer.
I’m not sure of its real name, but that’s what we always call it.
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An early bloomer that tends to shrivel up and die in the dry heat of July and August, it’s putting on a lovely show now…
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Unlike its poor yarrow neighbor that the woodchucks have nibbled down to a nub.
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River's world..... 
I agree my jungle is so lush and between so many of these and Spirea and the Catalpa trees I have blossoms everywhere and also the rest of the over achieving perennials popping and HUGE! 🙂
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Sounds wonderful!
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So that’s what my huge ginormous red flowering bush is called, weigela! It attracts hummingbirds and bees and it’s just wonderful. Thanks for saving me the trouble to search up the name. 😀
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Happy to help!
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We planted bougainvillea in our yard to add color. We had it in Palm Springs. It’s very similar in color to your beautiful red flowers.
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I remember that fondly from when we lived down south…
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It’s beautiful and I missed it. So glad to have some in my backyard.
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We’ve got a weigela out back too…and it also bloomed magnificently this year.
Quit copying our landscaping!
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Your previous owner gave you a huge head start. There wasn’t much when we moved here…
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We inherited beautiful landscaping, that’s for sure.
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Lucky bastards. We got unmown fields…
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