Yesterday was a very hot and humid day.
I managed to do some weeding for a couple of hours early (not early enough).
At last a sign that the butterflies do like this plant, butterfly weed, asclepias tuberosa.
This is the east end of the bed, there is another orange daylily further west that I should move to this grouping.
More daylilies have opened:
This is one of my favorite colors, Prairie Blue Eyes. It was just a happy accident that the lychnis self seeded nearby.
and this one is Blueberry something and is next to some perilla which compliments it nicely.
This is a clump of unknown daylilies that I moved from the shop wall bed to the front of the house in the dining room foundation bed:
It is amid a bed of self- seeding annuals. This is the seed pod of nigella damascena or 'Love in a Mist'. I have the white variety. I think the pods are as interesting as the blooms but they will self-seed even in the lawn.
I believe this one is Bama Music in front of the new porch near Jackmanii clematis. (I won't lie; that is crab grass surrounding it). I am working my way to that bed........slowly.
I think this one is Fairy Tale Pink. It is in the New Bed (now several years old).
For some strange reason I keep forgetting to take pictures of the yellows.....maybe today I will do that.
Others Blooming:
This is a darker version of salvia farinacea which has self-seeded for several years in this spot. It may be due to the soil or hybridizing with others of various shades, including white.
These are the ones at the end of the other bed that are much pales. See the white one in the back to the right.
This patch of rudbeckia (Prairie Sun) is next to the salvias. It has also been self-seeding from a few years now. I think I have lost the darker band of gold around the green eye but it is still very pretty.
This is a pale yellow Buck rose right behind the salvia and rudbeckia. They are too tall but maybe it will begin to grow again.
I see the volunteer squash is creeping up on all of them.
This is a phlox in the bed outside the kitchen. I noticed that the bloom is somewhat variegated.......
I am throwing this one in to prove I did do some weeding (here with the string trimmer). That is perilla wilting in the sun.
Garden
I take no credit for this squash since it came from the volunteer from last year's yellow squash:
But I did plant the carrots in the whiskey barrel: This is just a sample but it is very nice and sweet.
BTW, I saw a half barrel at the local hardware and it was priced $69.95! Egads! I sure never paid that for this one.
The rest of the garden is pathetic this year.
I managed to do some weeding for a couple of hours early (not early enough).
At last a sign that the butterflies do like this plant, butterfly weed, asclepias tuberosa.
This is the east end of the bed, there is another orange daylily further west that I should move to this grouping.
More daylilies have opened:
This is one of my favorite colors, Prairie Blue Eyes. It was just a happy accident that the lychnis self seeded nearby.
and this one is Blueberry something and is next to some perilla which compliments it nicely.
This is a clump of unknown daylilies that I moved from the shop wall bed to the front of the house in the dining room foundation bed:
It is amid a bed of self- seeding annuals. This is the seed pod of nigella damascena or 'Love in a Mist'. I have the white variety. I think the pods are as interesting as the blooms but they will self-seed even in the lawn.
I believe this one is Bama Music in front of the new porch near Jackmanii clematis. (I won't lie; that is crab grass surrounding it). I am working my way to that bed........slowly.
I think this one is Fairy Tale Pink. It is in the New Bed (now several years old).
For some strange reason I keep forgetting to take pictures of the yellows.....maybe today I will do that.
Others Blooming:
This is a darker version of salvia farinacea which has self-seeded for several years in this spot. It may be due to the soil or hybridizing with others of various shades, including white.
These are the ones at the end of the other bed that are much pales. See the white one in the back to the right.
This patch of rudbeckia (Prairie Sun) is next to the salvias. It has also been self-seeding from a few years now. I think I have lost the darker band of gold around the green eye but it is still very pretty.
This is a pale yellow Buck rose right behind the salvia and rudbeckia. They are too tall but maybe it will begin to grow again.
I see the volunteer squash is creeping up on all of them.
This is a phlox in the bed outside the kitchen. I noticed that the bloom is somewhat variegated.......
I am throwing this one in to prove I did do some weeding (here with the string trimmer). That is perilla wilting in the sun.
Garden
I take no credit for this squash since it came from the volunteer from last year's yellow squash:
But I did plant the carrots in the whiskey barrel: This is just a sample but it is very nice and sweet.
BTW, I saw a half barrel at the local hardware and it was priced $69.95! Egads! I sure never paid that for this one.
The rest of the garden is pathetic this year.
Love your header photo and loved seeing what all is blooming there at the farm. Your carrot looks good as does that squash.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week dear Glenda ~ FlowerLady
If I can get in a couple of hours of work each morning that will make it a good week!
DeleteWOW! Between the beautiful blooms and Lucius looking veggies, I am drooling get, Glenda!...:)JP
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DeleteThank you.
The "rest" of the garden may be pathetic, but your flowers are always so beautiful! I haven't had a real flower bed in years (darned goats).
ReplyDeleteGoats and chickens can wreck havoc on flowers and gardens.....I think we have the chickens corralled now.
DeleteI'll just come right out and say I am SO JEALOUS of all the beautiful flowers you grow! Your yard reminds me so much of the farm yards of my childhood in Illinois when it seems the female folk took pride in having gorgeous, blooming flowers all spring, summer and fall. I can only dream of someday having the knowledge you have to establish plantings like yours. I really enjoy your posts and pictures. Thank you!
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DeleteThank you Mama Pea! Funny but one of my Grandmas only had a bed of iris and a bed of pink oenothera in her entire big yard but she did do a huge corn patch and vegetable garden. Mom never did many flowers. I may get that from my paternal Grandmother, if so, that is the only good thing she did!!!!
Wow, I never paid that much for my half barrels either, but I think it's been a good 15 years since I bought one. The flowers are beautiful!
ReplyDeletei am going to check Lowe's just to see if they were way overpriced or that is the going rate. I am amazed every time I shop at the price of things. I have probably had this one for l0 years or more.
DeleteYour flowers are simply gorgeous! I like the way the colors and different varieties are grouped together! I'd love to have a half barrel for my meadow tea, but yes, they are super expensive unless you find one hidden in the corner of your barn. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually do have an old Anheuser-Busch one that I used to keep outside until my BIL told me I should take care of it. So, it is stored in the barn. It is in pretty bad shape already but I won't cut it in half.
DeleteGlenda,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers, and garden beds!!! Half barrels are running $39.00 at the local home depot here.
Sandy, thanks for that info. That is high but more reasonable. Theirs was a brand new white oak so maybe that was the difference. Bet they don't sell any!
DeleteBeen hot/humid here too, but last night the wind shifted and is now cool and dry from the north. Yay! Brisk enough to wear jeans today. Tomorrow, more rain/humidity. *sigh* Your daylilies are outstanding! I'll be trying carrots in my container garden next year. This year I'm doing onions in them. I, too, have a volunteer squash growing back in the compost. I hope it's a butternut.
ReplyDeleteI always love to see pics of things that are blooming at your house.
ReplyDeleteMy mother used to order new things every year and she would get perennials and bulbs. She had a terrible time with moles, who either ate or otherwise killed a lot of her bulbs. One time she actually caught a mole, and she put it in a coffee can and froze it so that she could bring it from Oklahoma to Indiana, where I lived at the time, because my kids had never seen a mole and she wanted to show them what one looked like. They were VERRRRRY interested in that mole and I was just horribly grossed out.