Floral Friday – Sunflowers

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Wordless Wednesday – Food Web

Hami melon skin
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IAVOM – First Dahlias

My first dahlias opened this week, so my vase celebrates their arrival. Dahlia ‘Chilson’s Pride’ (light pink/white) and D. ‘Pinelands Princess’ (dark pink) are accompanied by light and dark pink Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana), purple Verbena bonariensis, yellow Zinnia elegans, yellow Hummingbird Mint (Agastache ‘Poquito’), white Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) and seed heads of Dill (Anethum graveolens) and Persian Jewel (Nigella damascena).

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join or see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Love-in-a-Mist

Nigella damascena seed pod

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Wordless Wednesday – Glorious Gloriosa Daisies

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IAVOM – Summer Sunshine

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My sunflower pocket vase arrangement this week celebrates the glory of summer with a mix from my cutting beds (in the background, right): Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis), Zinnia elegans and Z. angustifolia), Gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta), Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), Marigold (Calendula officinalis), white and apricot Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Dwarf Hummingbird Mint (Agastache ‘Poquito’), Poppy seed-pods (Papaver somniferum), Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare purpureum) foliage and flowers.

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Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join or see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Photobombing Bee

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Wordless Wednesday – Perspective

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IAVOM – Composites

A mix of annual composite flowers are now coming into bloom in my garden. Featured today are a mix of Gloriosa Rudbeckias, including ‘Cherry Brandy’ and some creamy Zinnia elegans. Foliage is Coleus (Plectranthus) and Rhododendron leaves.

I love this mahogany eye with a ring of tiny disc florets surrounding the cone!

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join or see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Weathered Barn

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