It's been quite a year in the garden here in western Massachusetts. A long wet spring has led to a hot dry summer. I dug out our sprinkler and put it to  use. The butterflies and bees have been visiting the cardinal plants which made me happyl The Aesclepius is  right next to the cardinal flowers and they are very  good friends. The daylilies are nearly done in this bed but the rudbeckia and phlox will get us…