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.
ReplyDeleteCone flowers, I didn't know there were more colours. Here I have pulled out maybe 500 orange crocosmia, they are weeds down here, but your red are delightful. I need to see if I can get red plants or seeds.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine orange Coneflowers as a weed!
DeleteSuch a beautiful display of colors. Love that red!!!
ReplyDeleteOur daylilies are almost done, and our echinacea is getting shabby. Some deadheading has happened. Shocking, I know.
ReplyDeleteThe garden still is looking quite beautiful. The globe thistle always indicates autumn to me.
ReplyDeleteThe weather in London has been all upside down and back to front this year. My poor garden was completely frazzled by a heatwave early in the summer so it’s looking rather sad. Yours looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteI had echinacea in my garden in the city several years ago, but it did not overwinter for me. We have a lot more sun in this yard so I may have to try it again. It's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLooking good! Crocosmia is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteOh that second photo of the crocosmia is stunning. I clicked on the photo to enlarge it. Oh my it's gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOur dry summers have greatly diminished my crocosmia patch. It's almost done now although Hummingbirds still come by to check out what's left. I so admire your coneflowers.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. We put some more purple coneflowers in out pollinator garden this year, amid the milkweed and wild bergamot.
ReplyDeleteI have a purple thistle! I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so happy, they season is too short.
Beautiful photographs, I especially like the bright red Crocosmia.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan