Cosmos has been the star performer of this summer; the plants have grown well and healthy and they produce plenty of flowers. While taking photos of them, however, I also noticed something unpleasant. Since there are both aphids and ants on the plants, one could easily imagine a nasty mutualistic relationship between them. Well, I took a pair of thin plastic gloves and picked and squashed them all.
The marguerite daisies have been slow to grow, but now they start looking established. After a rainy night, they look more vigorous and happy:
I don't know from where the light blue shade of these photos comes; let's say the petals reflect the blue sky of a beautiful summer morning...
