We’re back in Massachusetts today, visiting Tingshu Hu’s garden. We saw her front garden in July yesterday, and today we’re moving to the back garden in high summer.

Early morning sun shines on the fish pond after a day of heavy rain. ‘Blue Spruce’ sedum (Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’, Zones 4–9) with yellow flower stems rise alongside the pink coral bell flowers (Heuchera hybrid, Zones 4–9). A frog sits on top of a lily pad.

Along with the water lily (Nymphaea sp.) flowers, you can see at least two frogs in the pond if you look closely.

Orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva, Zones 4–9) blooming in the front. The pergola is covered with Clematis flowers.

Looking from behind the pergola, you can see clematis flowers on the left, and rose campion (Lychnis coronaria, Zones 4–8) and white hollyhock (Alcea rosea, Zones 2 –10) in the front. There are more blooms of the orange daylily in the back.

Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis, Zones 3–8) and delphinium (Delphinium elatum, Zones 3–7) in the center continued to flower since late June. In July the daylily’s orange flowers and smooth hydrangea‘s white flowers (Hydrangea arborescens, Zones 3–9) joined the show. On the pergola are pink-white flowers of Rosa ‘New Dawn’ (Zones 5–11).

Rose campion, Rosa ‘Don Juan’ (Zones 5–9), astilbe (Astilbe chinensis, Zones 4–8), and daylily (Hemerocallis ‘Stella De Oro’, Zones 3–10)

Looking across the grape pergola, you can see Rosa ‘Don Juan’, rose campion, astilbe, and daylily on the right side, with smooth hydrangea’s white flowers on the other end.

Cordyline ‘Red Sister’ (Zones 9–11) is in the front, with daylily and smooth hydrangea flowering farther away.

Canna ‘Striata’ (Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb) stands tall. To the left of it are the very fragrant flowers of Lilium ‘Yelloween’ (Zones 4–9).

Canna leaves in the morning sunshine provide a background for the flowers of the purple dahlia (Dahlia variabilis, Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb).

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