Showing posts with label cottage garden flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cottage garden flowers. Show all posts
Mid-August at the Cottage Garden
August 13, 2014
The grand entrances by my beloved perennials continue to be about two weeks behind schedule. Usually by this time of year the back border is a riot of colourful perennial phlox. This only means that we still have many things to look forward to here in Zone 4 of Ontario.
We've had two days of a really good rain here and so the photos in today's post are a bit drippy. I also can't guarantee that were are no water spots from the lens.
Lots of rudbeckia, which I love. Even though I've tried to read about them, I still don't know the difference between the ones with the smooth leaves and the ones with the hairy leaves. I know the ones with the smooth leaves are called 'Goldsturm' though. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful middle-of-August week!
The grand entrances by my beloved perennials continue to be about two weeks behind schedule. Usually by this time of year the back border is a riot of colourful perennial phlox. This only means that we still have many things to look forward to here in Zone 4 of Ontario.
We've had two days of a really good rain here and so the photos in today's post are a bit drippy. I also can't guarantee that were are no water spots from the lens.
Lots of rudbeckia, which I love. Even though I've tried to read about them, I still don't know the difference between the ones with the smooth leaves and the ones with the hairy leaves. I know the ones with the smooth leaves are called 'Goldsturm' though. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful middle-of-August week!
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| Echinacea Purple Coneflower 'Ruby Star' and Rudbeckia (with hairy leaves) |
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| Rudbeckia ''Goldsturm' in the foreground with some Hydrangea 'Annabelle' behind them |
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| a closer look at 'Goldsturm' |
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| a closer look at the 'hairy leaf' kind |
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| happy mish-mash of colour in the side border |
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| pretty two-toned perrenial phlox, also in the side border |
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