Coming Soon: Free Book

Coming Soon: Free Book
Planning to give away a book or two!

Friday, September 5, 2014

Tall and proud

The new view for the garden. This spring, I knew that the fence was going up.  And I decided the corner of the house by the gate would be a perfect spot for some height in the garden.  I planted a small row of giant sunflowers.  I can't wait to see how big the heads will get.  At this point they are about 5-6 inches in diameter.  I guess the giant is because the plants are between seven and ten feet tall. I love black-eyed suzies because they look like miniature sunflowers especially on a cooler, rainy day.  The next pop of color developing will be the sedum joy.  You can see the light pink now that will turn to a dark burgundy that will show off the darker sunflowers at the corner of my house.
Cell photo by Trisha
Sunflowers and Black-eyed Suzies
My back row of zinnias is supposed to be the larger zinnias.  I was thinking that they would be a little bit taller, but they are the bigger flower head with a looser textured head.  Because the bachelor buttons were towering over them, it took them a bit longer to blossom. Hmmm maybe that is why they didn't reach their full height?
Cell photo by Trisha
Fall Color in the garden = Zinnias

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