There is so much happening in the garden and landscape right now that I hope you will indulge me in one more blog featuring flowers. Despite the year's relative lack of precipitation, which to date is just above three inches, some of it fell at the perfect time for wildflowers to take note and make a grand appearance. Along with the blue flax, gaillardia seeds were part of a wildflower mix used to recover areas along New Mexico highways.
The gaillardia are making quite the splash and butterflies have taken notice.
The spits and spats of rain that have fallen also helped the garden flowers, such as this bloom on a clematis vine.
Although the blue flax is on the wane, there are still some jewels in the mix.
until next Monday,
DB
a passion for the image
You really have a way with flowers, Daryl. You could do florals all the time and I'd be a happy camper. Gaillardias are quite beautiful and you've instructed me on the fact that the state actually seeds the roadsides. I had wondered why the edge of the highway is so often lush and colorful. Now I know the rest of the story.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve for your comments. I don't want people to look at the blog and say "Oh, God. Another flower." Actually the Girl Scouts of America had a roadside seeding project in the 1960s wherein thousands of purple aster and four wing salt bush seeds were distributed.
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