July Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. How quickly it has come around again.
This morning I collected my flowers from around the house,
And photographed them on the windowsill
In the garden I have Larkspur, cosmos, ammi majus, bergamont, verbena bonariensis, (Glass Vase)
Dahlia ‘Honka” Cactus Dahlia, whose name escapes me, Zinnia ‘Green Envy’ (Blue Mug)
Marigolds, 2 sorts of Helenium, and Rudbeckia Prairie Sun. (Kitchen Jug).
A very different feel compared to the flowers I had in a vase this time last year.
It is not the individual flowers that are giving me such pleasure this month,
But the way the planting looks all together …
A little wild and woolly, but quite satisfying.
in the The plants in the garden include:-
Foxtail lily (Eremrus) Allium sphaerocephalon, 2 types of Heleniums, Papaver somniferum, Eschscholzia (California poppy).
Ammi, Cosmos, Achillea ‘Flowerburst Red’, Ornamental Grasses, Verbena, White Verbasum, Echinacea ‘Art Pride’
In the Keyhole Garden;-
Monarda in two colours and Allium sphaerocephalon
This is the view looking back to the house and the planting includes
Rudbeckia purpurea, Digitalis ‘Stewartii’, Fennel
And in the bottom left the orange blob is this:-
I muddled up the labels on my Echinacea last year – I think it may be E. ’Hot Papaya’
These are just some of the plants that are in flower at the moment.
You have no idea how happy the above sentence makes me – it means the garden is starting to look fuller!
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is brought to you by Carol of May Dreams Garden
Thank you Carol.
Wow! What a beautiful garden you have Karen. It looks like my dream garden… hopefully, I will make it a reality someday. Nice photography too…
Your bouquet is fabulous. With gardens as full and lush as they are, you should never run out of inspiration.
Wow… what a neat garden! So many plants of interest and I love the sense freedom it portrays!! Larry
Larry´s last blog ..The Cottage Garden in July
Your garden is looking fab – makes me want to dig up whats left of my back lawn!
Helen´s last blog ..A Soggy GBBD – July 2010
Looks fantastic,Karen,I love that Echinacea “Hot Papaya” Did you grow it from seed?
Wow! That is several eyefulls!
That’s an appreciative comment by the way!
Best
R
Can I come live in your beautiful garden! I love it~the colorful echinaceas, the monardas blooming at the same time drumstick allium blooms (I am a tad envious)…I think I am borrowing helen’s idea and digging up the rest of the grass out near my Bottle Tree! There’s sun to grow some beautiful perennials! xxgail
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Very pretty, all. Your ‘wild and woolly’ comment makes me laugh. My mother-in-law always wanted to name a son ‘Wilden’, but then she married a guy with the last name of Woolley, so she wisely decided not to. Otherwise my husband would have had a very funny name!
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Oh your garden is quite wonderful and definitely a little wild and woolly.
Beautiful garden indeed! It looks so inviting and loved as well as stunning design-wise, thank you for showing us!
Flowery meadow full of joy
Beautiful, simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing your garden with us for bloom day!
OMG…your garden looks AMAZING. I adore all your plants, and they are situated so wonderfully. I especially love the monarda/allium combo…lovely!
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