While I've been posting about other things, the garden continues to grow. New flowers are still blooming, though some are now finished or nearly so. This morning I went out there and just sat in the sun for an hour; it was wonderful!
The brightest flower around has been the bright red Crocosmia. It grows in several locations in the garden, including right outside my window.
I've shown you the blue Globe Thistle before. The leaves look like a thistle, but it's not very prickly.
Now the white Globe Thistle is blooming, and Mrs. F.G. reports that the bees were just buzzing around it.
But if there's a dominant look to the garden just now, it's these pink Echinacea or Coneflowers. It spreads quickly, and we now have several big healthy clumps of it. The adult Monarchs love it.
There are several other colours of it, but they do not spread. The white ones are looking healthy this year.
And here's both a red and a yellow clump. Surprisingly, if you grab a Coneflower with your hand, they do feel quite prickly. Try it.
You've always show such a lovely garden.
ReplyDeletethe thistle, isn't it amazing what nature can create, with no help from us. and the centers of the coneflowers, absolutely astonishing!! your gardens are looking beautiful, props to the mrs. also!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful garden. I love the red crocosmia, and hope to get some bulbs/corms next spring. Strangely, after a few years of overwintering well, my orange crocosmia did not come up this spring. They are a bit out of their zone here, but were doing well. Something about last winter that they didn't like.
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures, so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have been enjoying the crocosmia this year. Your garden is so pretty, and I love coneflowers.
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