I see someone imported the old thread from EF, but it’s only a bit of 2012, so I thought maybe a new one?
Oh Happy Day has been blooming up a storm! This is a Kordes rose that blooms like this every year (this is its 5th) and keeps on blooming all summer. I struggle to keep it under 5 feet tall. It has a lovely scent, although not strong. Cut one stem, and you have a full flower bouquet!
My neighbours garden is like yours in numerous colours which is a double win for me: Not only I don’t have to lift a finger but I automatically see it all day long from the kitchen as well as the entire living area - while for my own garden (also lush but mainly green) I need to step outside and down the stairs 
Mine currently? Messily. 
Got a gardening firm come today to have a look and start sorting it all out and making it tidy again.
A pretty jungle though. 
I had to cut many flowers in preparation for the heat that will keep us indoors during the hottest time of the coming days. The Casa Blanca lilies have been nibbled by scarlet lily beetles but still look gorgeous. I left the dahlias because they love the heat, as long as they have enough water…Gunga Din is busy these days.
Beautiful garden, your Hortensias seem to thrive too. (sorry if it’s the wrong name, I looked and apparently they go by Hydrangea in English)
Everything has thriven during all this rain…weeds, roses, good and bad. And schnecken! Here is the panicle hydrangea (rispen hortensia) I unearthed from the jungle when we moved here. It was a sad specimen when I found it buried under an eibe (taxus) tree. I liberated it and gave it a sunshine corridor, and now it rises from less than a metre (cut down in winter) to 7 feet in summer. The bees love it.
The last of the Annabelle hortensias (hydrangeas) are almost a foot across! Bombarella roses and mopheads are still going crazy, but not for long…many signs of an early fall. The hornets are already gnawing on the lilac bark, the hazelnuts are turning brown, and the nights are 10C. Wow.
Augusta Luise is overshadowed by Bombarella, but she still made a big effort this year. Her “colour” is more technicolour! I wish I could get her out of this corner and give her an own space, but I fear it would kill everything around.
Very jealous of these pics as I don’t even have a balcony so I have to sit in a park or go down to the Rheinweg. I do look on to a nice courtyard though 
What a piece of art!
