Twins', if you do have a bare bed at end of summer you can enjoy an open space just ready for pansies!
Got a compliment from the men who came and considered our house's gable ends for attic access. They were really impressed with the flower beds around the house. They reminded us they had been here before we moved in, back 3 or 4 years, so knew the house when there was no color to see, just small perennials non-flowering, which were neat but didn't draw the eye.
I've been interested that Google pings me every once in a while, to show me "one year ago today" photos, and at this time of year many have been of last year's flower beds. So, I can see what's doing the same, better, not so good. I'm wondering if the sage is blocking light from the lantana, which isn't nearly as large as last year this time. Or, wondering if the sage's root systems after overwintering are extensive and taking nutrients. The Bubblegum petunia is just as floriferous, though, even those that are right near the sage.
New addition here (although I've grown them for 4 or 5 decades!), the marigolds, are not doing well here. I wonder why. Again, I begin to suspect root systems of other plants taking over. Don't know. Because of guttering, there is six inches more overhang for any near the house, and less rainwater.
Nancy, white marigolds are one color I've never grown. Hope your marigolds are doing well this year. I'm used to them getting bushy and this year, not so much, so it's just a difference of some kind in the place.
I haven't done any gardening for a couple days because we are warned not to go outside much here (smoke/haze air quality).