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Glowing post rain bicolor marigold: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2016 |
Happy Friday and welcome to "this week in my Maryland garden!" I took these photos just after a heavy rain and the flowers almost seemed to glow. The marigolds are starting to fill out nicely and I love the color combo of the bicolor red/orange and gold marigold in the top photo.
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Raindrops on El Dorado day lily: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2016 |
Our
El Dorado day lilies started blooming this week. I love their deep red detailing.
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Red coreopsis with white edging: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2016 |
The
red coreopsis featured last week has new blooms but the older ones' petals are fading to white. I like how they look both ways. If I stay on top of deadheading the spent flowers we can have blooms through frost on these amazing plants.
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Bright golden sundrop flower: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2016 |
The golden sundrops are already providing food and entertainment for our native golden finches. The birds love the seedy centers of these pretty flowers.
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Bicolor gladiola flowers: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2016 |
Last year's gladiola photo was nicer but I wanted to include this one to mark their first week blooming in our Maryland garden this year. The sweet peas and echinacea are starting to crowd them out so I was pleasantly surprised to see the gladiola flowers.
That's all for this week's mini garden tour. Thank you for visiting! May God bless you!
Related posts:
A year ago in my flower garden: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/06/dahlias-day-lilies-daisies-and-more.html
Golden finches on black eyed Susans: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2012/08/yellow-finch-feeding-on-black-eyed.html
Yellow finches feeding: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/06/yellow-finches-feeding.html
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