Privacy plants. We like it when the biggest plants on the kitchen side of our house yield their blooms at this time of year. That only adds to the cover in front of the windows, for those walking their dogs and such, but still allows enough light to pass in during the long days.

The survivor. My dear wife Karen placed two bulbs in the corner of the garden fronting our house. Both came up. One of the two yielded its pretty white flower. The other must have been munched in the process, Karen thinks.

This frontyard combo is another example of why I am the biggest fan of the perennial aisles of our favorite local nursery Ballantyne Gardens. These show up for us every dang year. With good fortune, so will the perennials we pick hereafter. My dear wife Karen does like throw in an annual here and there,…