With glorious sunflowers, not necessarily in rows, but all over the farm.
As the sun hit this one squarely in the face this morning, the drop of sunflower juice sparkled in its rays like a diamond.
Shaded at the moment but turning its face to the sun.
An heirloom varietal, Evening Surprise (I think), this deep maroon beauty is one I started from seed and planted as a spindly, gangly little plant that I wasn't sure would flourish. This is the first bloom of four plants that survived an unexpected cold snap and corgis traipsing through the flower bed. I love it!
I know, I know....I should (and will) keep record of the names of the flowers I plant, especially the heirlooms. This soft lemony and multi-flowered beauty is a volunteer from an heirloom I started last summer. One of my favorites, it's really more of a soft, pastel yellow - very delicate and prolific.
Sunflower and silo - both in awe of the flawless sky.
I believe I might have a cross-breed in this flower. I have a variety that has a deep reddish-brown circle around the seed center. If I am accurate in my hypothesis, this slightly circled flower could be a cross between my lemony yellow heirloom and its friend with the darker centered circle. (I failed to get a photo of that one in this batch of images, regretfully.)
Two different varieties growing side by side, both volunteers from last year's seeds. I will, yes I will, take notes of their names once I get back into my seed stash.
As I was taking photos this morning of all these happy flowers, I stopped to watch the number of pollinators that were busy on the plants. I saw numerous bees of all sizes, along with other insects who shared the pollen. And at this very moment as I type this, a female goldfinch is perched on one of the flowers within an arm's length of my chair.
I invite everyone to enjoy these glorious flowers and plant some of your own. At the very moment I type this, a pair of goldfinches are eating from a plant within an arm's length.
WOW !!!!!
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