Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS SUMMER!!! Mid Summer Edition, 2 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
That's a beautiful Echinacea, Gita--what a lovely color! :-)

Spent some time this afternoon in my garden just watching the pollinators. A few new blooms:

1) My very first heliopsis bloom! This is from seed from Gita from the swap.
2) Foxglove is reblooming. I took the advice of several of you and cut the tall central stalk back and lo and behold, several more have grown up and they are blooming! yay!
3) New pink flower opened in the midst of where I did the wildflower and poppy (from Critter) sowing. Not sure what it is! It is right next to the hollyhock growing from Speedie's seeds. :-) I think the other flowers in the photo are: creeping Daisy, Chinese forget-me-not, California poppy, and Baby's breath.
4) First bloom from my Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia), from seed purchased on an excursion with Coleup.
5) Caladiums from the bulb buy plus pink astilbe from Gita from the fall swap last year.

It looks like most of these blooms are tied in with fellow MAFers one way or another! :-)




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