Monday, July 20, 2009

Nice specimens


My wildflower garden isn't quite as spectacular as last year, but I do have some nice individual flowers in the midst of the mess. For instance, there's a white coneflower in the foreground.

I think my memory is failing. This is balloon flower. But last year I swear it was a single (this one is a double), and I remember it being about twenty feet from where this one is blooming.

This is a yellow ratibida, also known as Mexican Hat or prairie coneflower.

This is red ratibita. I used to have this in my garden in Jefferson.

Is this Chinese Lantern? Or a weed? I guess I'll wait to see if they turn red. It's really loving the wet area under the water spigot.

This looks like Forget-Me-Not, but I thought that only blooms in the spring...?

Speaking of specimens, guess which one is the Dwarf Sugar Gray and which one is the Oregon Giant.