This is the purple cone flower. A native plant to the Midwest prairies.
This is the first of my Hollyhocks at Too . . . and more Purple Cone Flowers. I thought I had yellow cone flowers started in this bed too but they didn't come back this spring. I will have to go find some. I will track them down and transplant them here.
This is Purple Cone Flowers blooming away east of the steep bank, east of the bridge. Perhaps this whole entry should have been titled "Purple Cone Flowers" ???
This is a May Apple. When they sprout in early spring they make me think of a newborn baby. They are so delicate and pretty : )
This is "The Bank". Himself has planted some new plants on this steep bank just about every visit this spring and summer. He is determined (and rightly so) not to have to mow it anymore. Eliminating this bank from the mowing schedule saves Himself about an hour each time he mows.
That is significant and adds an hour to the Porch Sitting time.
This is "The Bank" in April 2013 after a late snow.
This late snow saved Himself an hour's mowing time.
In this case that hour saved didn't impress us so much
because we had an hour's snow shoveling and tree cutting time.
2 comments:
Love your bank of flowers. . . this is what I need to do to my ditch. . . although I'll need to put something out there that needs little to no maintenance or watering! We'll be to the cabin this weekend so we'll see you then!
lilies, tulips, iris, phlox, mallow, cone flowers -- we can help you plant all of these. You might have to water them the first year after planting but then they will be self sufficient.
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