Upper Midwest Gardening: Summer is about to begin.. show those blooms!, 2 by nutsaboutnature

nutsaboutnature wrote:
I have my "first ever" Snapdragons blooming! I bought a pack of 6 from Menard's this past Spring, but by the time I got around to planting them they looked terrible. Figuring they might not survive, I stuck them in a small part sun space created by some plants I lost early this spring.

They just started blooming about a week ago...'Red Rocket'.

1) My Snapdragons

2 & 3) A couple more shots of Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
I highly recommend these, by-the-way. I had a beautiful deep wine one that never came back after one season and I've heard similar things from other gardeners. These are real common, were bought at Lowes and came through the winter beautifully. They're thriving in their first year. I bet they'd even grow well from seed. These are growing in my raised bed along our neighbor's fence in part sun.

4) One of a bunch of Sunflowers that the Squirrels planted
We pull out or mow most of them, but these are in the very back of the yard where it doesn't matter. They're small, but that's okay. The birds will still eat the seeds.

5) Lobelia Cardinalis

Oops...I hit the wrong button! See the next post for the rest of the pics.


This message was edited Aug 13, 2013 2:33 PM