Over the last weekend or two, I’ve realized once again that I seem to have an attraction for purples and violets. Click images for larger view.
After telling my country neighbor Lynn not to get her hopes up about anemones (due to my experiences with them as deer candy), a couple of forgotten plants snuck out of the thicket and started blooming. Am hoping all those buds break before bambi finds them.
Another hibiscus coming into flower in the bog garden.
A sedum (spp. unknown) in a trough out front.
And of course there are still coneflowers blooming, this one a little later in a little shadier location.
The last photo of the coneflower trio is nice, and I think your sedum might be ‘Vera Jamison’.
Jeez, Les. You just broke the record on fastest comment. I didn’t publish that more than 5 minutes ago.
That sedum was from an unmarked pot at a plant sale — or at least that’s the excuse I use most often for note knowing the cultivar. It’s small — at least in this unwatered trough. Stems are under a foot long and generally flop.
Hooray for surprise anemones! I love the purples, too.
I hope Bambi finds roses in someone else’s garden tonight so you can enjoy your anemones again tomorrow. All these images are lovely. Nice job.
Hi Craig!
Nice pictures on fall flowers you show.
Here in Sweden the summer is ending…sad it is to short.
Regards Ken
When I look at photos of my yard I realize I am more that a little obsessed with yellow. I do have a lot of anemones and cone flowers in bloom right now though – a couple of bullies, those two!
dlyn: I always remember the whiny line from a ’50s perennials book, complaining about the ‘surfeit of yellow’ in spring. As if you could have too much yellow.