Who told you so, dilly dilly,
Who told you so?
'Twas my own heart, dilly dilly,
That told me so

Call up your friends, dilly, dilly
Set them to work
Some to the plough, dilly dilly,
Some to the fork

Some to the hay, dilly dilly,
Some to thresh corn
Whilst you and I, dilly dilly,
Keep ourselves warm

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly,
Lavender's green
When you are King, dilly dilly,
I shall be Queen

Who told you so, dilly dilly,
Who told you so?
'Twas my own heart, dilly dilly,
That told me so

I noticed this morning that much of my garden is devoted to lavender, blue, pink and purple. I hadn't realized this before. It was terribly bright to be taking pictures, but here's what I came up with.

By the barn

Caryopteris

Clematis Joe Zary

Compassion Rose

Pink Phlox

Pinks by the rain barrel

Clematis Sinii Plamia

Astrid Lindgren Rose

Russian Sage

Verbascum

Vernonia

Vitex. It surfaces very late and very tiny, end of June for me, shoots up and blooms starting in September.

And yes, the scent is wonderful, as Saucy and Chelone have remarked!

:)

Eden

Eden

Kathy in Napa

Is the Veronia also known as Iron Weed?

I have Vitex envy everytime I see it....it seemed to be a common theme running through all of the gardens I saw this year.

Looking around my own garden, I see lots of whites and washed out pinks....time to add more lavendars!

Eden, I loved the Burl Ives link :)

Saucy

I suggest Vitex to everyone!(above zone 5) Mark the spot well though, it is very late surfacing. You'll think you've lost it if you have cold winters like ours.

Woody, I've had good luck lately with Caryopteris. I'm not sure why, because in the past it was toast every year. I got solid plants, planted them in FULL sun, pruned back only in spring after signs of growth appeared, like with lavender.

Kathy, I've expanded to yellows, oranges and even red too! I've been VERY shy of red up to now. In addition to color, I've been braver about plant size too: persicaria polymorpha, Vernonia, grasses...

Deanne

Michelle