Monday, August 28, 2017

The Garden in August

It's hard to believe but the garden is winding down for the season.  The day lilies are almost finished, and a lot of other plants are collapsing, having grown too large with the excess rain this summer.  But we still have some beautiful flowers coming into bloom for one last burst of garden colour.

The combo of Brown-eyed Susans and Purple Coneflowers that form a band around a big rock right in the middle of the yard become one of the bright points in the yard for a few weeks at this time of year.

We've got yet another tall yellow flower, a flower that stands nearly 8 feet tall.  You can judge that beside the fence here, which is about 5 feet high.

I have trouble sorting out our 4 different yellow flowers all in the sunflower family, but I think this is the Cutleaf Coneflower, that typically blooms in late summer, and is very tall.  In our experience it has not spread at all from the three big clumps we have, unlike the other tall Gray-headed Coneflower (which is actually yellow), which spreads like mad by self-seeding.

We've got a tall pale pink Obedient Plant that blooms at this time of year.

And the orange version of the bright red Crocosmia that I shared recently is now in bloom, a truly beautiful little flower.

I love the colours of this Helenium.  Looking from the top it looks mostly yellow, but it's up to 6 feet high, so I often see the blooms from below, in which case they're a striking range from yellow through orange to red.

We have several different brightly coloured Phlox in bloom now.

And the plant Ligularia, that I've incorrectly described in the past as Elephant Ears is now in bloom, a flower that I originally thought was a really great addition to the garden.  I feel differently now because it spreads relentlessly and is very hard to get rid of!

And here's one final bloom of the daylilies.  There won't be many more of these, but we've enjoyed nearly two months of many bright blooms.


21 comments:

  1. I swear I need to start taking noes while blogging...seeing flowers I have never heard of, but I like. I was just thinking I have seen others I cannot remember but loved...that is why I say I should take notes.

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  2. Phlox and Day Lily, what gorgeous colours. And such tall plants elsewhere.

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  3. Looks like you still have lots of flowers! Thanks to the extremely hot weather, ours are all cooked.

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  4. You have a lot of colour in your garden, lovely photos :)

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  5. Hello, what a gorgeous variety of flowers. Your gardens must look lovely in person. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day!

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  6. Just gorgeous pictures, FG. I especially love that Obedient plant picture. I never have seen phlox like that! :-)

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  7. Beautiful, FG. Take in every moment of that glorious show!

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  8. This reminds me I need to get some fall flowers for my flower pots soon.

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing the beauty!

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  10. Such pretty flowers. The tall yellow one is nice by the fence. I like the Helium, they look as if they have ruffled skirts on.

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  11. Your gardens are beautiful with all those colors.
    My cone flowers and the daisies are have just about had it.

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  12. lovely! some of my favourite flowers.

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  13. How pretty your garden is . Lovely photos . You have had lots of rain this season where we have had hardly any at all down this way and lots of my plants regardless of watering them every other day are mostly done now just the odd late summer early fall bloomers are in show . Thanks for sharing , have a good day !

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  14. Your garden looks beautiful! Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.

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  15. Your gardens are lovely:) I like the yellows and purples together also! :)

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  16. Nice flower photos. I've always equated the color purple with late Summer and early Autumn. Purple Asters always remind me of September back to school days. Some of the flowers you named helped me identify some of the flowers we have.

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  17. Your gardens are beautiful with all those colors.


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  18. You are enjoying a great variety of flowers in late summer! Love all the deep yellow blooms, they really suit the autumn feel in the air now. I just have black-eyed Susans, love-lies-bleeding and turtlehead flowers blooming in the ground now. The rest of the colour is in pots.

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