Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Red, White, and Blue


One of the joys of a wildflower garden is the evolving palette of color combinations. This week the flowering is in its red, white, and blue phase. Poppies and penstemon, for example…


Blue spiderwort…


And white spiderwort (popular with the bees)…


I have no idea how the white penstemon and blue spiderwort got into the flower bed, but they are happily multiplying.



Soon the poppies will be finished blooming, but day lilies will open, shifting Nature’s palette to blue and orange. When we plant perennial wildflower gardens we are creating a kaleidoscope, ever shifting, ever delightful to the eye.

Copyright 2014 by Shirley Domer

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