Sue's Garden: Mid Summer
photos by Susan Stanek
above: holly hock
below: green seed pods of a silver dollar plant, far below: hibiscus
above: stag horn leaf
above: grape flowers have turned into the makings of a grape
above: ornamental onions have lost their lovely purple petals
Yarrow
Daddy Longlegs are herbivores.
above: lamb's ears
above: a rustic fort for shade, garnished with white wildflowers
above: lemon thyme growing among tansy leaves
above: lettuce in bloom
above: tomatoes, green on vine: an heirloom variety called Brandywine, from Amish cultivators. They often are double fruits, good texture, and a delicious sweet flavor like none other.
above: wild aster bloom, growing in sandy soil
above: flea bane, a native wildflower
sunflowers, as above, have wonder symmetry and geometry.
above: poppy seed heads, after the blooms have fallen
above: black berries, yummy!
Below: Yucca (flower petals are edible and delicious) Above: Thai Basil in bloom
Hosta flowers
Marigold, annuals that reseeded themselves.
Below: Bee Balm
above: bee balm
above: fox glove
above: yellow lilly
above: catapiller of a monarch butterfly on a milk weed plant
above: "butterfly bush" (common name) and flea bane in back ground
above: a succulent ground cover in bloom
This flower above is the last flower of a silver dollar plant.
above: seed head of an ornamental grass species
above: a green silver dollar pod, and one flower (blooming time is early spring with daffodils)
Polkweed flower, above.
Above: Downy Service Berry or "June Berry"
Mulberries! Yummy.
Above left: ornamental grass flower head Above right: Star Grass