Starting out with some more traditional garden blooms: Veronica, Royal Candles. This one is brand new for me. I just planted it this week. It is a beautiful flower and should be a crowd pleaser for the pollinators. This little garden has a bit of a purple theme with Russian Sage, Hyssop, Lavender, and some other purple flowers.
An orange marigold single peeking out from under a rattail radish that I wish would bolt so I can try the seed pods!
I've heard this flower called both Honesty and Money Plant. I don't know the botanical name and common names change from region to region. But it is a beautifully bright flower and makes a great seed pod (from which it gets the Money Plant name)
All right, I know these are leaves, but we do call them Flowering Kale (or Ornamental Kale). It's still small and I'm hoping we don't get hot weather until it gets to be a nice size. I enjoy having a few of these around. I have 3 this year.
A bit more on the wild side, this Autumn Olive is extremely invasive in our area. It has taken over the grasslands and meadows everywhere. But, again, pollinators love it and it sure has a sweet smell. I have one in my yard and sometimes I feel guilty - I try not to grow invasive plants - but getting rid of it would not benefit anything at this point. The battle is already lost.
Just for fun I took some 'out of the garden' flower shots: wild mustard, a pretty yellow. Nice in the fields, not so nice in the flower beds.
Who knew that the mighty oak actually flowers! I love the little leaves that are so pink when they first open. Wouldn't it be great if they stayed that color all year!
Some wild strawberry flowers.
And last but not least: wild grasses in bloom. I didn't take a close-up, but these are not seed heads yet. They are zillions of tiny flowers that bloom, have pollen, and then go to seed. Native grasses in all their grand variety are always favorite nature subjects for my camera every year.
Starting out with some more traditional garden blooms: Veronica, Royal Candles. This one is brand new for me. I just planted it this week. It is a beautiful flower and should be a crowd pleaser for the pollinators. This little garden has a bit of a purple theme with Russian Sage, Hyssop, Lavender, and some other purple flowers.
An orange marigold single peeking out from under a rattail radish that I wish would bolt so I can try the seed pods!
I've heard this flower called both Honesty and Money Plant. I don't know the botanical name and common names change from region to region. But it is a beautifully bright flower and makes a great seed pod (from which it gets the Money Plant name)
All right, I know these are leaves, but we do call them Flowering Kale (or Ornamental Kale). It's still small and I'm hoping we don't get hot weather until it gets to be a nice size. I enjoy having a few of these around. I have 3 this year.
A bit more on the wild side, this Autumn Olive is extremely invasive in our area. It has taken over the grasslands and meadows everywhere. But, again, pollinators love it and it sure has a sweet smell. I have one in my yard and sometimes I feel guilty - I try not to grow invasive plants - but getting rid of it would not benefit anything at this point. The battle is already lost.
Just for fun I took some 'out of the garden' flower shots: wild mustard, a pretty yellow. Nice in the fields, not so nice in the flower beds.
Who knew that the mighty oak actually flowers! I love the little leaves that are so pink when they first open. Wouldn't it be great if they stayed that color all year!
Some wild strawberry flowers.
And last but not least: wild grasses in bloom. I didn't take a close-up, but these are not seed heads yet. They are zillions of tiny flowers that bloom, have pollen, and then go to seed. Native grasses in all their grand variety are always favorite nature subjects for my camera every year.
Thank you for visiting my blog! Looks like you had a nice Bloom Day as well!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The botanical name for Money plant/Honesty, is lunaria.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't wild mustard so nice in the flower beds? Do you have something against mass plantings?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind losing the battle to strawberries :)
I'm especially liking the photo of the young, pink oak leaves...very nice. I noticed this week a tremendous amount of wild mustard growing along the highways and in the medians...huge amounts of yellow. It was beautiful. I planted a couple pots of Marigolds for my mother, one of her favorite annuals. The older I get, the more I like them, too. Nice Bloom Day post!
ReplyDeleteThe veronica is gorgeous. I've never seen that particular one. It's so full. My biggest issue with veronica is that often the blooms are kind of scrawny looking. But not this one! I feel a trip to the nursery coming up...
ReplyDeleteOn a recent garden tour, I heard the oak flowers referred to as "oak ladders". Lovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteWhat a thoughtful post. I, too, like the pink of the new Oak Leaves on the little trees. We are surrounded by oaks (and by the dripping "flowers" right now, too!).
ReplyDeleteOops! I meant to say "thanks" for the reminder to look for ornamental kale. It is so beautiful, isn't it??
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