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Rose and summer beauty allium.

Anyone know what this red plant is? Has a tree seeded itself in my flowerpot? With heliotrope and dianthus.

It seems to be the season for tall, skinny plants. Hollyhocks, cardinal flowers, liatris.

Great blue lobelia (native) — this one is new to my garden. It looks a little weedy to my eye right now, but that may be because it’s surrounded by weeds.  I should work on that. Not sure if I love it, but it’s just starting to open, so let’s give it a week or so

Cardinal flower pretty much fully in bloom — v. striking.

I wish I could as easily take snapshots of sound as well as images. It’s very quiet out in the shed this morning, but the quiet has a pleasant underlay — the crackle of a candle (designed to mimic the crackling of a wood fire), the gurgling of the filter on the pool (I know

Sigh. I didn’t expect to have to post about racism in a garden group, but here we are. 2020 is full of nasty surprises. Just posted to my local group. ***** Admin request: While we understand the impulse to make jokes about the “Chinese seeds,” often with references to conspiracy theories, monster plant imagery, and

Plant gooseneck loosestrife outside your writing shed door, and you’ll have a solid month of steady bloom, and a constant flurry of pollinators visiting. There was a HUGE yellow butterfly yesterday that I didn’t manage to photograph, I think maybe a Cloudless Sulphur but here’s a Silver-Spotted Skipper (thanks to Stephanie. Slow for the ID).

This, I’m pretty sure, is a squash blossom. (EDIT: Or maybe a cucumber. Or a melon!)