Tuesday, July 8, 2008

What else ... my garden

So I was talking on the phone to my sister and I stood at the window of my den, which I'm looking out right now, and named what was in flower currently in my garden. Here's the list:
  • penstemon (a.k.a bearded tongue)--purple
  • astilbe--white and pink
  • bee balm--red(pink not quite in flower yet)
  • ladybells--purple
  • marguerites--white (like daisies)
  • purple salvia (I think it's also called mountain sage)
  • heal all--purple
  • yarrow--red
  • dianthus--fuschia
  • candy tuft (almost gone by)--lilac and white
  • Stella d'Oro mini daylilies--gold
  • hybrid daylilies--PINK! (actually kind of salmon)
  • foxglove--yellow, and pink, which I just planted yesterday, in bloom)
  • Jacob's ladder--blue
  • Shasta daisies--white
  • Asiatic lilies--red-orange, white-w-deep pink, light orange, deep orange-w-cinnamon (and more in bud--different varieties)
  • gerbera daisies--red and yellow (only annuals in my garden)
  • yarrow--white
  • nicotinia--deep deep pink
  • evening primrose--yellow (a.k.a. sundrops)
  • veronica--purple
  • lavender--duh
  • daylilies--soft yellow
  • tickseed coreopsis--yellow
  • coral bells--pink (the red-leaf variety)
  • gallardia (blanket flower)--red and gold (one of my favorites)
  • rudbeckia (yellow-orange with cinnamon ->brown centers)
and two different plants that I don't know the names of!--purples of different shades

Here's a photo from my den, but it REALLY does not do justice to my garden. This year it's a real garden.


See why I like July?

I tried again. Maybe a better shot:



Still to come into flower are more daylilies, blackberry lilies (if anyone wants seeds I'll mail them to you; these are very neat plants), liatris (a.k.a. gayfeather), sedum, ground geranium, perennial chrysanthemums, more veronica (tall variety), and phlox. I think that's it. There are a few plants gone by: centaurea (cornflower), euphorbia, Siberian iris, both purple and white, white bleeding heart, some more candy tuft (white and pink), a new plant I can't remember the name of but it's pink, creeping phlox. Now you have an idea why I obsess over this place; it's worth it!

Coming soon, MY GARDEN--The Movie.

1 comment:

Kate said...

You say you don't know the name of those plants... and I say that you must not really be Starla! The Starla I know has knowledge of every. single. plant. in. the. world.

The End.