How can you not love Rudbeckia hirta and that bright sunny color. Lost the tag on this one.
As close as you can get to a black flower. Alcea from a big box.
Light pink and gray, one of my favorite color combos. Alcea rosea 'summer carnival' and Artemisia 'powis castle'.
Newly planted this past fall via bare root plants, Dalea purpurea-Purple Prairie Clover.
Dalea purpurea, Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spires'-Russian Sage 'Little Spires', Stipa tenuissima-Mexican Feather Grass, and Alchillea millifolium 'Terra Cotta' in the background.
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And I leave you with the late great giant mullien-Verbascum thapsus.
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Yes, that's right! It's a weed. And cowboys used to use it, if you know what I mean.
Your gardens look lovely. Lots of color showing through right now. Interesting about the weed. :)
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Love your gardens as always! Thank you for sharing and a Happy GBBD!
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DeleteNot exactely sure what happen with the repitition of replies by Lee?
DeleteYes the leaves were quite valuable for the cowboys and native americans.
DeleteAh, the Giant Mullien! Friend of chaffed horse-riders and campers alike.
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DeleteGreat photos, they really pop! Beautiful colors.
ReplyDeletethanks Phil.
DeleteBeautiful photos. I have to believe the Cowboys learned from the Indians.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to rename the plant the Charmin Plant!
Man I miss the southwest and gardening conditions out there. Even deserts have more potentials than I have in Sweden.
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Sweden has to have it's own beauty, doesn't it?
DeleteYou got me. How did the cowboys use the weed? Is it soft? BTW, love the Perovskia image.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sage love. Yes the leaves are soft.
DeletePretty blooms.
ReplyDeleteThe photo of the coneflowers and yarrow is stunning.
Hard to grow tired of for sure.
DeleteYour blooms are stunning! I like your pink and gray combinations, a little yin and yang.
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DeleteThat rudbeckia is stunning! Your June garden is beautiful. The rabbits have been nibbling on my echinacea. I hope I can keep what is left intact. Yours are looking strong and beautiful.
ReplyDeletethanks, I am however seeing weird mutations on most blooms.
DeleteYour photos are just gorgeous. Love the pink and grey combination, and that black bloom, too! I didn't know about the mullien and cowboys. The things you learn from garden blogs! :)
ReplyDeleteActually a young boy of native american ancestry told me the folklore name.
DeleteI like the artemisia and echinacea combo with the yarrow in the background. A friend of mine pointed mullein out to me when I first moved to NM and mentioned its usefulness on camping trips. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what i like a good sense of humor. he he.
DeleteYou have some beautiful combinations there. Magnificent garden.
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Thanks Shirley, I'm still in awe of your canna...wow.
DeleteGorgeous, Greggo! I especially love the purple prairie clover - so pretty!
ReplyDeleteYes the Dalea is very unusual. I see it a lot in the native prairie around here.
DeleteI don't think I'll ever be able to look at Verbascum the same again...
ReplyDeleteI agree. Sorry, just stating the facts ma'am. he he.
DeleteLovely garden, and your are so way ahead of us here in the UK, especially this year where we haven't really finished with spring yet. Loved the Hollyhock, I absolutely adore (almost) black flowers, can't get enough of them! But I don't think this Hollyhock would thrive in my garden, haven't tried growing them as they are supposed to demand light, sandy soil - not what I have. Happy GBBD :-)
ReplyDeleteMy Hollyhocks are struggling a bit this year--but the flowers are forming. Yours are gorgeous! I love the look of Hollyhocks bobbing over a garden fence. And I agree: Who wouldn't love the Rudbeckia?
ReplyDeleteYes, the Alcea is a good test for proper site conditions. I just love the old fashion look. Mine have succumbed to the dreaded leaf rust and are just about done. Will keep until seeds dry.
DeleteGreat post Greggo... I love the quality of your images! Larry
ReplyDeleteLarry, I am surprised you have time to do very much besides keeping up with your huge botanical garden. he he.
DeleteNow that is an impressive weed! Your Alcea is just spectacular, and the Prairie Clover is just gorgeous. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great!
ReplyDeleteSome gorgeous blooms for GBBD. I love that nearly-black Alcea and the photo of the echinacea and artemisia with the lemons and golds of the yarrow.
ReplyDeleteLove your volcano.
DeleteHappy GBBD! You have a lot blooming! That weed is hysterical. It is huge! The color on the Rudbeckia is stunning. Everything looks great!!!!
ReplyDeleteHmm... I see where the softness would be good, but... maybe it's a little too soft and fuzzy? (Okay, it's the fuzzy part that is making me a little skeptical! lol.)
ReplyDeleteEither way, it's a pretty plant. And apparently tall when in bloom. Love that!
Most of what you show looks so much nicer in your environment than out here...I think people could save money and time by visiting prairie blogs like your's, instead of trying to do it here! That giant mullein...wow. Those cowboys made good use of that and more, for sure.
ReplyDeleteGreat flowers for this GBBD, Greggo. That opening R.hirta is not the typical variety. Now you have me very curious. You need to find that tag! Any guesses to its cultivar name?
ReplyDeleteLong ago up in Seattle, Washington I taught wilderness skills at a camp. We had a wonderful, velvety soft leaf growing there that was great for toilet paper. Downside...it only grew in summer. Yipes! LOL
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Maybe R. hirta 'Denver Daisy'? Quick internet check brought this up:
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That's what I thought originally but I don't think so.. Denver has a dark center flower. I remember I planted it real late last fall.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I did plant the Denver variety last summer.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a wonderful eye for photography and your gardens are wonderful. Wondering what happened with the repeated initial message? Try using an I-Pad to blog for the first time at 5:45 am in the morning....doesn't work!!! Anyway-your gardens are certainly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI knew it had to be something. Thanks Lee.
DeleteHappy Bloom Day Greggo! You made me smile. Don't you just love the dark hollyhocks? I sure do. They are so beautiful. Pink and gray are great colors next to each other too.~~Dee
ReplyDeletethanks Dee. Hollyhocks are so....old fashion. It's hard to say that I suppose, that is getting older and liking older things. he he. Pink and gray are so good together.
ReplyDeleteThat is one huge mullien! It's gorgeous but I'm not even going to think about cowboys:) Your rudbeckia might be a 'Prairie Sun'; I found some last fall and fell in love with it. I planted some seedlings this year in hopes of having even more of these beauties.
ReplyDeleteRose, I'm sure you are correct on the R.hirta 'Prairie Sun'. I will have to collect some seed.
DeleteI love that black Alcea, almot as much as I love the next to last photo where the Echinacea are front and center.
ReplyDeleteHahahahhaha...that comment on the Verbascum had me doing a double-take! LOVE your Dalea...I so want some here.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up in Colorado and would see mullein in the mountains my folks always used to say that tall mullein meant a harsh winter. But I never noticed that they were right. (Cowboys weren't mentioned.) Love the artemisia, echinacea, and yarrow combination. My dalea aren't even close to blooming!
ReplyDeleteincredible post. the photos are great. My yarrow is doing well...
ReplyDeleteThose nice, soft leaves... They could give Charmin a run for its money. :) That is definitely one happy Verbascum. Ditto, Scott Weber. I want me a Dalea so bad! I've been searching for a plant (locally) for the past two years, to no avail. I might have to go Internet shopping soon. Although I'm not a huge Rudbeckia fan, I will admit, your photo of the green button variety is a beaut! Love the pink and silver/gray combo too. Your garden shots are fabulous!
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