Mt. Cuba, Hockessin, Delaware: legacy of the Lammot du Pont Copelands

 

There was rain yesterday in the night.

Today it was very hot.

The greens seemed to shift slightly in the faint haze.

 

 

Thimbleweed in seed

 

Of our bushes, only four are still in bloom.

Hydrangeas: 

 

Silverleaf hydrangea

Wild hydrangea

Gatsby Pink oakleaf hydrangea

 

 

A late-flowering bottlebrush buckeye with flowers 12 and 14 inches long is in bloom also.

Aesculus parviflora

 

The last of the native azalea in orange and dark pink are still in bloom.

 

 

 

The very fragrant and somewhat nondescript summersweet (sweet pepperbush) is in bloom also.

 

Clethra alnifolia

 

 

There are a few flowers persisting in the heat.

 

 

Native clematis

Native clematis in seed

 

 

Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

 

Pickerelweed (Pontedaria cordaria)

 

 

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

 

 

Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

 

Clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum

 

Stokes Astor (Stokesia laevis)

 

Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

 

White-flower leafcup (Polymnia canadense)

 

Tiger Lily (Lilium superbum)

 

Nodding onion (Allium allegheniense)

 

Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)

 

Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

 

Phlox (phlox maculata)

 

 

The time of the meadow grasses is nearing.  In the meadow, the  golden rod is in flower.

 

Varieties of goldenrod (solidago)

 

 

The grasses are 2′ high. 

In 2 or 3 months, they will be 4 and 5′ high in pale greens, yellows, reds and blues.  

 

A changing paradise. Loveliest of places.