Crocosmia 'Firefly'

What says summer better than fireflies? This is Crocosmia ‘Firefly’.

I have all these bulbs and I just can’t bring myself to throw them out in the trash. BTW this is only about half of them I got tired of snipping off the top and the rest are still in a trash bag. I’ll be thinning out three other areas soon. I thought maybe you guys might be able to help me figure out what to do with them. *wink* I wouldn’t think they would produce much nectar, but the humming birds seem to love them.

If I have time, I’ll snip off the tops of the rest of them, if not I may just have to let them go out by the road. If I could find homes for the ones I have cleaned up at least that would be better than throwing them all away, right?

A Visit With ROY

The much needed rain finally came. For the past three days we’ve managed to get some substantial rain fall and I’m sure the garden appreciated it. Yesterday, I decided to walk around and take some pictures of the thankful flowers. After I had downloaded them to the computer I realized that with the exception of one photo, everything that is blooming right now is Red, Orange or Yellow. I don’t usually like to repeat photos of the same plant, but with some of these I just couldn’t decide which ones I liked best. Today the words don’t seem to be coming as I type, so why don’t we enjoy the flowers and save the conversation for another day.

'Red Cascade'

'Chicago Apache'

'Stephanie'

'Rocket City'

'Firefly'

'George Davison'

In other news, yesterday the skipper butterflies and a humming bird finally showed up in the garden. I hope they stick around for a little while.

In the Garden 06.18.09

Hello everyone! Here's a peek at what's blooming in the garden today. As usual when I post a large number of photos there will be little commentary for easier viewing. But, I’ll be glad to answer any questions you have about the plants. :-)

'Summer Sky'

'Green Envy'

'Raspberry Wine' and 'Red Dragon'

Yarrow and Japanese Maple 'Virdis'

'Kobold' Liatris

'Lusty Leland'

'Luxury Lace'

'Chicago Apache'

'Gentle Shepherd'

'Stephanie'

Unknown...

'Frans Hals'

'Little Bumblebee'

A gift from the birds.

'Coral Queen'

'Acapulco'

'Orange Dream'

'Lucifer'

'George Davison'

'Pee Gee'

'Sea Gold'

Common Ditch Lily

'Kwanso'

'Atom', the poor petals have been bleached by the sun.