Alchemilla collapsing in clumps
Strong Blue agapanthus unpeeling their paper cases
Burgundy daylilies and Polygonum anchor light white Epilobium
And apples swell.
Washed out ghosts of valerian break the skyline haze of Molinias,
linear grasses leaning off vertical.
‘Lucifer’ punches through the fading Phlomis