The flowers of summer make strong statements in color and size. Please send photos of your favorites to editor@gazettejournal.net. We hope to see yours next week.

Native Annabelle hydrangeas grown by Sue Perrin of Ware Neck.

Mary Edmonds’s perennial gardens on the North River in Mathews. Photo courtesy of her nephew-in-law, Jonathan Harris.

Lilies grown by Nancy Jagger of Mathews.

Hydrangeas and roses sent by Brenda Walker-Bryant.

Lacecap hydrangeas by Reed Lawson of Mathews.

Janet and Bruce Parmiter of Hayes have a rainbow of lilies in their garden.

Rob and Cindy Parker sent a photo of their Dipladenia.

A volunteer coneflower at the home of Bobby Ray of Gloucester.

Beautiful calla lilies bloom at JD Briggs’s home in Bena.

This lily photo was taken in the yard of Barbara Conner of Gloucester Point

Here is a photo of Queen Anne’s Lace from Ryan Ellen’s garden in Mathews.

Patriotic shades of verbena line a walk at the home of Tom and Clara Justis at Moon.

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