Wildflower Wednesday September 2014

Yellow seems seems to be the color of choice for natives in my neck of the woods.

Some of the new blooms in the new native garden hellstrip are really responding to the growing conditions. Rudebeckia hirta, Verbena stricta, Eupatorium purpureum and Eryngium yuccifolium.

Rudebeckia subtomentosa-Sweet Black-Eyed Susan with Eupatorium purpurea- Sweet Scented Joe Pye Weed.

Ratibida pinnata-Yellow coneflower

In the vintage area of the hellstrip, Agastache foeniculum-Anise Hyssop, Dalea purpurea-Purple Prairie Clover, Panicum virgatum 'Dewey Blue', and Allium.

Schizachyriium scoparium'Blaze'-Blaze Little Bluestem in middle.

West half of the new prairie garden hellstrip.

Awash in GBBD 6 of 12

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.