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Lilies, probably 'Stargazer' though these are 5 feet tall and I'm not sure if 'Stargazer' gets that tall. The fragrance is intoxicating.
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Coneflowers and daylilies in the Northside Shrub Border. Some might call this clown pants gardening, but hey, I love it! The colors work for me and that is what counts. Along with these two bloomers are amsonia (the fine leaf plant), and mums in the background.
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Coneflowers and Gladiolus. I lucked out and captured this shot of three swallowtails enjoying the coneflowers in the Sunny Perennial Border. Did you see all three at first glance? This sunny area has a LOT of pinks in it. I'll be preparing a post on the neat pinks. You can see only two here but I'll share the other three at a later date. Together they all make quite a pink statement here.
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Orange cosmos and hibiscus 'Fireball' in the Sunny Perennial Border.
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Dayliles, 'Moonbeam' coreopsis, coneflowers and catmint in the Perennial Bed.
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Peruvian Daffodils in the pot ghetto. These were purchased last year to go in a new garden bed but when it was found out they were not hardy, plans changed. They did not bloom last year but have more than made up this year. Each stalk has about four blooms per. It is a really cool summer flowering bulb.
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Patrina scabiosifolia and coneflowers. The patrina was a purchase from Summer Celebration last summer. I love it. The flowers are quite airy and bloom for a l-o-n-g time. I hope it spreads around a bit. One word of caution though, I've read it is a host for a daylily disease so site away from daylilies. I've found it easy to grow. I have my patrina sited in the Front Foundation Bed along with coneflowers, 'Sunny Border Blue' veronica, helenium and a few other significant plants. The combos are nice though and I've finally got a good plan for all of these flowers. Do you all know patrina? If so, I'd love to hear what you think of it.
Also blooming: 'Stargazer' lilies, 'Sunny border blue' veronica, 'Royal Candles' veronica, impatiens, crocosmia, baby's breath, mophead hydrangeas, 'Pink Diamond' hydrangea, phlox, 'Miss Manners' obedient plant, daylilies, lantana, agapanthus, geraniums, 'Diamond Frost', sedum, crocosmia. cleome, Chinese indigo, gladiolus, toad lilies, and hostas....
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Note on the toad lilies. I thought 13 July was a bit early to find toad lilies blooming but when I looked back at last year's records I find that the toad lilies began blooming on 11 July 2009, so we are right on track.
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Note on the toad lilies. I thought 13 July was a bit early to find toad lilies blooming but when I looked back at last year's records I find that the toad lilies began blooming on 11 July 2009, so we are right on track.
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