I am dangerous today. Taking advantage of the AC in the office during another day with temps near 100F, I am working on revising my workshop for the Chicago Botanic Garden on 22 October 2011: "Path Making: Experimental and Practical Design Workshop."
In looking back through images, I found these pix of the Good Timing Bungalow from this spring: right after Memorial Day and our late, cool spring. Above you can see the Deschampsia c. 'Goldtau' in tandem with Alchemilla mollis 'Thriller' (Lady's Mantle) and some daffodil foliage surrounding the wonderful shrub, Heptacodium micronoides (Seven-Son Flower). Not native any of them, but there are other natives in this garden to balance them out ecologically.
Below you get a sense of the spring profile. The blooming plant is Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' (Catmint) that holds its own against dogs & snow conditions. And you can see the windowbox on the day we planted it. What a difference a summer makes!
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