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| Bee on red coreopsis: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015 |
Happy floral Friday and welcome to "this week in my Maryland garden!" I had so many "critter on flower" pictures that I'm saving some for the next "wild Wednesday" post so be sure to come back for those. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy today's pretty blooms. The
red coreopsis are still going strong and the bees are enjoying the sea of flowers.
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| Giant orange zinnia: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015 |
I was super excited to see our first giant zinnia bloom. After falling in love with the giant red zinnias at the National Arboretum last year, I bought a seed packet that was supposed to produce only red flowers in hopes of having some of my own. Even though this one is clearly orange (and not red), I love it. Since this flower opened I've seen another from the seed packet with white blooms. I think more than 20 of the seeds sprouted so there are at least 18 more changes for an actual red zinnia.
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| Baby hydrangea: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015 |
Last year I don't think our hydrangeas produced any flowers so I was thrilled to see flower heads forming this year. This is our very first bloom of the year (it's just starting to open).
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| Miniature dahlia: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015 |
The miniature dahlias I planted earlier this spring are producing another rush of flowers.
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| Heliopsis (golden sundrops): Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015 |
And the heliopsis plants (also called golden sundrops) are producing a lot of bright yellow flowers which have been atracting golden finches. Usually I deadhead flowers this early in the season but I've been leaving spent blooms on these because I like watching the finches feed on them.
That's all for this week's mini flower garden tour. Thank you for visiting! May God bless you!
Related posts:
Giant dahlias: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/08/four-dahlias-and-dianthus-for-floral.html
Sunflowers and more: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/07/sunflowers-dahlias-marigolds-verbena.html
Bright dahlias: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2013/10/delightful-dahlia-close-up-photos.html
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