Last Year's Success - Or at least Starting Point

So this was my garden last year, probably taken in July, when June blooming is fading and Late summer plants are starting to take off....

Who ever named the Catmint "Walkers Low" gave it a terrible name - it is the plant with the purpley grey spikes- I originally designed to have this area with this plant of 18" in the front, so when it was already 20" in it's first year, I knew I would be digging and moving....

This area I like and it did really well so it stayed the same for the most part...

And man those Hollyhocks, I love them but they are taking over! They are so massive at the bottom, they are squeezing out my beloved perennials, that cost a lot more than the $2's I spent on a packet of seeds!!!