The maroon cockscomb (celosias) looked good this spring but then faded, and I had no idea they would come back later in the season.
Return Of The Celosia
Category: Plants
A Tangle of Glories
A wild tangle of morning glories has overrun the sunflowers and horseweed in this section of the sidewalk container garden.
Blooming in the Heat
We’ve been getting a little color in the elevated baskets along the top of the fence that frames our sidewalk garden.
Multi-Color Mini Roses
As pretty as this is, note that, I haven’t actually found a polychrome cultivar — this is just three tiny plants side by side, sharing one planter.
Coneflowers
A kind neighbor donated these coneflowers to brighten our garden — and the timing was perfect, as the burdock that was previously filling this pot had just gone to seed and died back, so I had some space to fill.
Raindrops on Roses
This miniature rose survived yesterday’s rainstorm.
Miniature Rose Revival
Someone left a few dried-up mini roses in three-inch plastic pots at the edge of the garden fence, but they didn’t seem entirely dead so I repotted them into a slightly-larger planter trough and have been watering them regularly, and a week later they’re showing signs of life.
Tiny Fireworks
Lantana blossoms doing a great job of previewing tomorrow’s fireworks.
Strawberry Flowering
We had a first flush of strawberries a few weeks ago, with several coming ripe each day for weeks on end — and then there was a long dry spell, and I figured the heat had been too much, and we’d have to wait for the fall for more fruit… so I was pleasantly surprised to find another cluster of flowers forming, and am glad that we can look forward to a few more sweet treats later in July.
Mixed Bouquet
If you stop to look, you can find a variety of small flowers blooming in some of the raised planters.
