So far this summer (knock wood), the Boston-area Weird Weather has been unusually clement. We haven’t reached 90F more than a couple times (Boston proper didn’t get there till yesterday, but the official weather station is out on the harbor). Our daylilies have been blossoming at the ‘new normal’ time — it used to be a week or two later — but it’s not usual for the pansies to keep flowering this late into summer.
I think this variety is called Mimosa Umbrella; they’re blooming through a vibrant unkillable climbing mini-rose, Little Barbie.
T-Rex. This single bloom is more than six inches across.
There’s a perfect wonderful little micro-rose, Cinderella, half-hidden in the center here. When I filled the planter, I assumed the pansies would die back in the heat and give Cinderella more room to show off.
Meanwhile, I’ve only gotten a few handfuls of ripe cherry tomatoes, one Cherokee Purple and one (new to me) Bloody Butcher. The suspense is killing me…