It is Day Four of Cathy at Words and Herbs annual ‘A Week of Flowers‘, where she invites any and all to join her each day this week (until 7th December) to share a photo or two, taken over the past year, of something bright and colorful from our gardens. Click the link to see what others have shared or to join in yourself.
Thanks, Cathy, for this cheerful pick-me-up meme to brighten our early December days!
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we have wind chills of minus 22 this morning -this photo brought warmth and beauty! thank you for sharing
Ooh, too cold! Glad a sunny June morning could drop into your day! Thank you for commenting. 🙂
They are so pretty!
Thank you, Dale. I want to lay down in the sun and watch those bees. 🙂
Oh yes! You and me both!
Thank you for sharing your pretty daisies. Daisies always remind me of our dear old doggie Anouk, who would chew them if you gave her one, with such a funny expression on her face! And this Erigeron is one I haven’t seen here.
Thank you, Cathy. A lovely native here, which creates dense colonies that bloom most of June. So cheerful. I mow them after they go to seed, so they are happily increasing.
Memories of warm days & sunshine & flowers…like a warm hug. (this was in my email! So many posts have been in junk…I signed up again!)
Nice thought! I’ve read that when WP does a software update, there’s always glitches… geez!
That Erigeron creates a very nice meadow effect. I’ve never seen that species here but I’ll have to look into it.
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Thanks, Kris. There are two Erigeron species in my yard and I love them. Long-blooming and loved by pollinators… can’t beat it!
Ooh, a nice memory…and looking forward to finding again come spring 🤗❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark. Blooming during he longest days of the year, too. 🙂
It looks like fleabane, but with bigger flowers. I am unfamiliar with the species.
Both grow in my yard, this one stays short and blooms in June, whereas the fleabane is a bit later and can be found all summer long.
Definitely bright and colourful
Thank you, Karina!
Nice to revisit these lovelies 😊
Thank you, Belinda. My lawn meadow keeps evolving with more flowers every year. I love it (as do the pollinators). 🌞
I can imagine how nice that must be 😊
The flowers and the green meadow setting are just the thing the visualize now.
This photo brings me right back to June! 🌞
I couldn’t find the scientific name and don’t have a photo of my own, but what’s known here as lawn or roadside aster has been blooming prolifically for the past month. The flowers are only about a half-inch across and perhaps a couple of inches tall, but they come in white and lavender, are native, and drive the Perfect Lawn crowd crazy! Yours are more appealing visually, although our little lawn aster does attract a good number of late season flies and such.
Thanks, Linda. Lawn purists would definitely hate mine, but I love all the little bloomers that pop up!
I never would have guessed this to be a plantain!
Not to be confused with the healing plantain herb, which also stems from basal leaves. Common names can often be misleading!
Such a pretty shade of purple!
Thank you, Barbara! 💜
Such lovely meadow flowers, Eliza. I’m glad you can’t see me trying to pronouce the botanical name.
Thank you, Alys. Latin can be tricky and American vs. British pronunciations don’t always match. The old toe-MAY-toe, toe-MATT-toe thing. 😉 As always, there are apps for that… 😀 You can find anything on the internet. 🙂
Beautiful. A meadow with wildflowers will always catch my eye.
Thank you, K. I love meadows!