I'm enjoying a long weekend, so I've been spending quite a bit of time puttering around in the garden. And of course I had the camera with me.
I think this first photo is my favorite. It includes the Cleome that re-seeded in the island bed, along with the pineapple sage and I think some Salvia Greggi is visible in this one too. I also see a Cosmos in there. If you look closely, you can also see some garden porn -- a pair of love bugs, ubiquitous at this time of year, managed to photo bomb the photo. Can you see them? (Click to see a larger version)
The penstemons have settled in very well. I'd like to get some more colors of this - perhaps a white, if it comes in white, to round out my collection.
OK - I have two mysteries in this photo. First, I always seem to have a hard time identifying butterflies. I'd appreciate it anyone could let me know which this is.
Also, I'm not sure if the plant he's visiting is Salvia sylvestris May Night, or if it's Angelonia.
I know I had several purple Angelonias growing last year, as a complement to all the orange Profusion Zinnias I had everywhere. But I did also plant some May Night Salvia for the same reason, but it didn't do very well (I actually planted it first, but ended up supplementing with the Angelonias as the May Knight didn't do well). However, this lovely plant came up in two places this spring and I'm really not sure which it is.
That's it for my Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post. Now I'm off to see what's growing in other people's gardens. You can visit them too, by clicking on the link.
Words and photographs by Jayne Wilson, Green and Serene, Jayne's Country Garden.
