Our meadow is beginning to come into bloom. Here are the first flowers:
Monarda didyma - I love their soft color and interesting shape
Rudbeckia hirta with what I'm guessing is a switch grass
(
Panicum virgatum)
Echinacea pallida - the delicate-looking pale coneflower

Purple prairie clover (
Dalea purpurea)
We saw this in Colorado, and grew it from seed
and added it to the meadow

Butterfly milkweed (
Asclepias tuberosa), a favorite Monarch butterfly
plant, which I had not seen in the meadow before,
even though it was part of the seed mix.
© Yvonne Cunnington, Country Gardener
So very beautiful Yvonne! I love all these flowers. The Monarda is just a sweet color. I'm planning my meadow in my head. Can't wait to see if I can pull it off someday.
ReplyDeleteMy "meadow" ,our hay-field, was just cut a few days ago and baled yesterday. I am looking forward to seeing a real flower meadow soon.
ReplyDeleteLene