This time of year we are weary of cold, grey days. Here's a taste of summertime:
Rise and Shine
Bluebird
Daturas - morning photo
(blooms at dusk/self seeds)
Prickly Pear Cactus
(zone 4-5)
Hibiscus
A song in its heart!
Cosmos
Pink Raspberries
(thank you Ruby)
Sunflowers w/ Morning Glories
(self seeds)
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
(host plant - dill)
Monarch Butterfly
Bumble Bee in Butterfly Bush
Sweetness of Summer
(Brandywine)
Butterfly Bush
Hibiscus
Rose of Sharon
Cosmos
Sunflowers selfseed from what birds drop.
Butternut Squash
Black Caps
(from grandparent's canes)
Gloriosa Daisies
(annual/toss seed heads in soil)
Gooseneck
(beware: invasive)
Shasta Daisy
Feverfew (a herb)
Bee Balm
(hummingbird magnet)
Wild Daisies
Yucca
Spider Lilies foreground/Gloriosa Daisies background
(complimentary colors)
St. John's Wort (a herb)
Butterfly Weed
(thank you Andre)
Hydangea
Lilies
(thank you Brenda)
Smoke Bush
Smoke Bush
Fritterary
Lilies foreground/Ligularia background
(pay attention to what blooms at the same time)
Retired Wheelbarrow (about 40 years old) with well worn leakage
as does the bucket and watering can. Spading fork has bent tines.
Planted wave petunias last year. This year planning to plant nasturiums.
Swallowtail
(sipping nectar from coneflower)
Various vinettes throughout yard.
(Now working on downsizing.)
Black Swallowtail on Cone Flower
Hummingbird Moth in Bee Balm
Bumble Bee nectaring on Cone Flower
Passion Flower
(wintered over inside here in zone 4-5)
Cone Flowers
Zinnia
Garlic Harvest
Cuc
Summer Squash
Zucchini Cakes and Summer Squash Casserole
Wild Flower bouquet
Pots of Gold here at Rainbow's End
Rooster Tail
in Hens and Chicks Bed
Balloon Flower
(thank you Connie)
Morning Glories
(beware: invasive)
Honey Bees Nectaring
Scarlet Runner Beans - plant where you can watch hummingbirds feed.
(thank you Andre)
Cauliflower
And God said,
"Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees
on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds.
And it was so.
Genesis 1:11
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