It has been a relatively slow to bloom spring with alternate warm and cool weather this year. When I began planting my new perennial native bed in late April the temperature extremes fluctuated from 38 to 99 in two days. Now on this fathers day I am concerned about some newly planted natives I just received last week and our planned vacation next week and how they will survive while we're gone. Hopefully my watering fiend neighbor will do a fine job.
Onward with some photos:
Hollyhock in the Veggie Garden.
The entry Cottage Garden.
Cat Pink.
Purple Prairie Clover
Butterfly Milkweed Photo from the Cowley County Wildflower Tour
Happy GBBD!
Greggo, this is absolutely fantastic, the garden, the plants and your pictures. Congratulations!!!
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Have a wonderful time and all my best from Austria
Elisabeth
Wow - your garden(s) have gotten a lot bigger in the last year or two! Everything looks wonderful. My favorite photos this time are the ones you took of purple prairie clover, especially the closeup with the little green metallic bee and the one of the "field of blossoms". Good to see you posting!
ReplyDeleteLove those overall street shots Greggo. I'll bet the cars line up to pass by and see what you've been up to!
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DeleteI love the Purple Prairie Clover and the Butterfly Weed--they look great together. (Not sure if they're near each other in your garden, but they compliment each other.) Things are heating up here now, too, after a stretch of near-perfect weather. Now we need rain, but it sounds like we'll get them in a few days. Have a great vacation!
ReplyDeleteyour garden is so lush. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow! You have a lot going on there. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about this spring. It was weird here, too. But, your garden is way ahead of mine. The testament to natives.
Have a great trip.
Greggo, love your corner and how you've done so much with prairie plants. So many of them are graceful. Happy Father's Day and Bloom Day.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteThey all look very colorful and beautiful, and the photos are great. At least with temperate climates, natives can very well follow gardeners' instructions, hehe. Here in our tropical clime we call natives as weeds and cannot just be planted like those or they get pretty invasive and difficult to control.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you included a wide shot of your hell strip garden, it has really come into its own. I hope you are not the only one who enjoys it.
ReplyDeleteI get drive byes quite a bit. The good kind.
DeleteYou win! This is the most beautiful Hell Strip ever. Well done, Greggo!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! You've got the best corner in town! I love all the variety. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteDavid/:0)
I planted dalea but it never grows or blooms. I guess I don't live on a prairie. Love those hollyhock colors.
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Wow, your new area looks FAB U LOUS ! If I were driving down your street, I'd be like, whoa, stop! Where's my camera?
ReplyDeleteQuality > Quantity!
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