Rose Campions love this heat and dry spell - apparently the Foxglove does too as it has been in bloom since before July 8 (My last picture of this area). Everything in this picture was self-seeded from other garden areas. All the RC's come from 2 plants I planted in 2015 or 2016 and I have no idea where the foxglove came from.
Those look very nice indeed bogieb. The lack of rain is slowing things down here. The big clover patch is struggling. Flowers planted from seed are growing slowly. The 5 crabapple saplings I have inside are ready to go to bigger pots today. Lupines are about to flower. The tall grass around them needs some trimming back. Foxglove is going by and the columbine are well past flowering in this field grass area. All the lupines are in here too. looks like a good morning coffee spot. We also have these tall plants. Soft leaves, maybe lambs ear? I have to look it up. Lastly, the fleabane is growing well here. They are tall and look pretty nice with simple flowers.
The 4 o'clocks are providing some brightness, to an overgrown bed. A dragonfly stopped to say hello. Pretty much dead center Yellow is in, whatever these are called. More thinning this fall. And the yucca will be blooming this year I'll be doing quite a bit of heavy thinning this fall. I'd be happy to save some from the compost pile, if anyone fairly local would be interested.
I also have a patch of the mullein fishingpol . The patch is next to the roadside garden, in an area that I cleared out last year (actually, it had been covered by plastic and mulch for a couple years prior to that. Not exactly sure where it came from, although 3 years ago, before I started mowing the neighbor's yard, he had some 4' tall flower spikes in a pretty wet area of his yard. I mowed around those until they died back, and have kept it mowed down ever since then - so no more of those plants in his yard. Maybe the seed carried over and they laid dormant until I disturbed the area tearing out one stump and whittling away at another. Fine by me as nothing else is growing there - just surprised because that area is dry, dry, dry this year. Maybe that is why mine are only about 1.5' tall
How cheery all those yellow flowers look! My yucca bloomed last year and seems to be on an every other year cycle, so no blooms this year.
The ones here are about 3' tall in deep, rich soil next to the down spout trough. There are ferns and jack in the pulpits here.
It's funny you mention yellow flowers Mike. That is the 'in' color here now. Mustard. One of these may be hop clover... I'm not sure though. All in the clover wildflower patch. Yellow rose 'Julia Child'. Watered with cooking wine every few days. Black eyed Susan's planted maybe two weeks ago from NH mountain man. Almost ready to open and doing well. Black cap raspberries are well on the way. I can't wait for them. I'm sure the birds are eyeballing them too.
Look like some variety of Asiatic. Mine have no scent. Almost completely overrun by the soon-to-open day lilies.
That is most likely true. I have some from my grandmother's home. She had them back in the 1930's. They have never failed to come up and put on a grand display. They just need some support so the flower head don't topple the plant over.
Rhodochiton. A very nice plant! Photo of the entire plant of Purple Bell Vine (Rhodochiton atrosanguineum)
