The colours of summer blooms are vibrant and pop in the garden, well most of them anyway. There are a few muted tones in the campanula and some delphiniums and hollyhocks but then there are those that are sizzling hot, just like summer days. Echinacea, for instance, consists of many cultivars that are brilliant shades of yellow, orange and pink. As spring begets summer, summer soon begets fall and often the flowers of August continue to bloom right through September. Some just linger on the stem, drying in place. They liven the garden landscape wherever they are found.
Echinacea Hot Papaya (coneflower)
Echinacea Pow Wow Wild Berry (coneflower)
Delphinium 'Guinevere'
Echinacea 'Cantaloupe' (coneflower)
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'
Osteospermum 'Blue Eyed Beauty' (annual African daisy)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) cultivar unknown
Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' (Dwarf spike speedwell)
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) - cultivar unknown
Larkspur (Delphinium) - cultivar unknown
Lychnis (Maltese Cross)
Rosa 'Campfire' (Campfire Rose)
Rudbeckia ' Cherokee Sunset' (gloriosa daisy)
Veronica spicata (possibly Red Fox)
Campanula 'Light Blue Clips' (bellflower)
Delphinium
Delphinium
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) cultivar unknown
Trollius 'Orange Globe' (globeflower)
Digitalis 'Dalmation Purple' (foxglove)
Digitalis 'Dalmation Peach' (foxglove)
Alcea rosea 'Queeny Purple' (Hollyhock )
Phlox and Monarda (bee balm)
Hydrangea macrophylla (mop head) (possibly 'Endless Summer') photo by SWM
#Augustblooms #zone3summerflowers
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