Along the front porch the delphinium patch has so far avoided the usual violent summer storms. 

Close ups show a bicolor effect which I never notice from further away.

Never sprayed and a little ragged, Rose ‘Black Forest’ is still unstoppable in the tropical garden.

Regal Lilies (Lilium Regale) perfume the ‘potager’

Hollyhocks in the front border.  It’s been at least 30 years since I last grew these (even though I still hesitate to admit I’m no longer 30).

Berkheya purpurea in the rock garden… which still lacks rocks…