The Colourful Season in the Garden

It's the colourful season  in the garden - all yellows and orange and red and various other highlights, with lots of plants in bloom at once.  Though I love getting out on the trail, the most obvious change over the season is the sequence of plants that come into bloom in the garden - it's right out there in front of our eyes!


We have lots of Rudbeckia, in several varieties - coneflowers and brown-eyed susans and such.  They're a dominant yellow in the garden, but hard to catch effectively in a photo.  They do last a long time, so I'll have lots of chance to try.

 The first of the Crocosmia are just coming into bloom today.

We have a small group of red hot pokers that seem to be finally making a showing this year.

This is a new clematis that has climbed up a fence post and smothered a big metal flower we have there in purple blooms - the best blooming clematis we have!

Pink and white peas grow among other plants where the seeds were thrown a few years ago.

This is a new bright pink Monarda, just planted last year and blooming for the first time.

A nice clump of small pinks in the scree garden.

The first of many pinkish/purple coneflowers coming into bloom.  In two weeks we'll have a lot of these.

And back behind the fence where I let it stay for the year, a huge lemony yellow mullein with a branching flower stalk.  I usually let one or two of these stay around, even if it is in the garden.

Scrolling through this I realize it's not showing the garden as all "yellows and orange and red" - instead my choice seems to be mostly pink.  I'll try to rectify that tomorrow and give you the correct overall impression.