What’s Blooming?
The Shasta Daisies have been trimmed back to reveal leaf junctions with buds. We should have another flush of blooms in about a week. Some of the stems had gotten so leggy, that I actually pruned those all the way to the ground where there are new leaves coming up. I suppose that is caused by the varying degrees of light throughout the garden. Where there is full sun, the plant foliage stays thick and more compact. Where there is partial shade, the plants stretch and eventually fall over from the weight of the blooms.
While we’re waiting for the daisies to give a repeat performance, the Black-eyed Susans, Gloriosa Daisies and Purple Coneflowers just keep putting out more blooms. There are other perennials in this garden as well. A Russian Sage is blooming, though not as profusely as in my front yard garden where it gets full sun all day. There is Blue Flax, which I just learned today can be pruned back after blooming to encourage a second flush of blooms. Not sure if I should try that now so late in the season. With still a bloom here and there, they have mostly gone to seed. (These plants are so light and airy that I don’t bother thinning them out or dead-heading to prevent them from re-seeding. I like the way they fill in the spaces between the other plants.)
Let’s see…Oh, yes! There’s the giant Lobelia over by the creek. I had Ethan stand next to them so you could get an idea of their height. (He’s 44 inches tall.)
Another plant that the bees and butterflies are going crazy for is this Obedient Plant. My neighbor gave me about five 6” starts last spring and this is what they look like now!
In the rain garden, the lizard-tail have finished up. (I did dead-head those, because they are spreading like mad, mostly from rhizomes, but I don’t need any more starting other places from seeds!) The Cardinal Flower is lovely this year as well as the Clethera “Ruby Spice.” The Forget-Me-Nots are filling in along the edge very nicely.
Well, that’s enough for today. There’s enough flowers to fill another post, so I’ll save those for later this week.
While we’re waiting for the daisies to give a repeat performance, the Black-eyed Susans, Gloriosa Daisies and Purple Coneflowers just keep putting out more blooms. There are other perennials in this garden as well. A Russian Sage is blooming, though not as profusely as in my front yard garden where it gets full sun all day. There is Blue Flax, which I just learned today can be pruned back after blooming to encourage a second flush of blooms. Not sure if I should try that now so late in the season. With still a bloom here and there, they have mostly gone to seed. (These plants are so light and airy that I don’t bother thinning them out or dead-heading to prevent them from re-seeding. I like the way they fill in the spaces between the other plants.)
Let’s see…Oh, yes! There’s the giant Lobelia over by the creek. I had Ethan stand next to them so you could get an idea of their height. (He’s 44 inches tall.)
Another plant that the bees and butterflies are going crazy for is this Obedient Plant. My neighbor gave me about five 6” starts last spring and this is what they look like now!
In the rain garden, the lizard-tail have finished up. (I did dead-head those, because they are spreading like mad, mostly from rhizomes, but I don’t need any more starting other places from seeds!) The Cardinal Flower is lovely this year as well as the Clethera “Ruby Spice.” The Forget-Me-Nots are filling in along the edge very nicely.
Well, that’s enough for today. There’s enough flowers to fill another post, so I’ll save those for later this week.
Comments
Your flowers are just gorgeous. Keep those pictures coming.
Hugs,
Betsy
I love blue flowers and it is wonderful that you have forget me nots at this time of the year. Maybe because we have had such crazy cool weather at times.