After a busy workweek - filled with rain to boot - things are looking up for the garden again this middle-of-the-week-end! Everything is coming in very strong this season, right down to the lawn and the dandelions I thought I vanquished last season. The hydrangeas are doing great, even the hydrangea macrophyllas which are only experiencing a slight bit of wilting.

Today, a friend of my mother's let us come out to her place, a sprawling country property only 25 minutes from my house. She had tons of spreading plants for us to divide. Astilbes, daylilies (pastels), water irises, ornamental grasses, sedum, zagreb coreopsis, heuchera, etc.  We transported the clumps back home in pots and bags, and left them outside to plant tomorrow. Tonight I am going to pick up some black mulch to add to the ground after planting.