Bloomday highlights this month

Well, so much is in bloom now, it's hard to choose. A lot of DYCs (damned yellow composites), as garden writer Wayne Winterowd likes to call them.

Here are some highlights of what is the most colorful time of the year in our garden:

The usual suspects: Two rudbeckias, 'Goldsturm', and in the background, Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne' (Autumn sun)
The meadow in the early morning dominated by Ratibida pinnata
A Ratibida closeup is always irresistible
Russian sage with Joe Pye weed and grasses
Joe Pye weed with Echinacea
Echinacea with painted lady butterfly
White turtlehead growing wild in a naturalized area by the creek

© Yvonne Cunnington, Country Gardener