These have bloomed to perfection, haven't they? No wonder you're happy with them, each one is gorgeous. (Cute picture of the gardener with her Otto's Thrill.)
Your garden is so lush, and mine is so...dead.

Hubby was just out there, digging up two of the dead Blue Princess Ilex bushes. The landscape company actually replaced the dead Blue Prince, and two others that looked half dead might still hang on. All the coneflowers are spent, and most of the Rudbeckia has died and shriveled from all the rain. It's pretty sad out there. Glad it's almost October!