The chili pepper plants are still a bit wussy even though I've been giving them the every-other-week Miracle-Gro treatment. There are, however, a few tiny peppers, so I will be making something a bit spicy soon!
This is not a pic of some lovely new perennial flower, although I do have a few of those, too. This is my potato patch. I've grown these 'Carola' potatoes before, but they have never, ever looked like this before. I'm just hoping that the potatoes under the ground look as good as the vines and flowers are looking above the ground.
This picture doesn't really begin to portray the size and scope of the the pumpkin/corn patch this year. Those pumpkin leaves are about a foot across. Every morning, I spend some time heading the pumpkin vines back into the bed. Pretty soon, they'll be all over the whole garden at this rate!
This is one of the lovely 'Moulin Rouge' sunflowers that I have planted every year for the last several years. Last year, the volunteer sunflowers were just a bit red with lots of yellow as they had crossed with the native sunflowers. I was very dedicated in removing the volunteers this year, so thus far, the sunflowers are all very red. However, they are also incredibly early. The main reason that I plant this type is that they seem to attract some small orioles that are traveling south every year in September. I'm worried that the flowers will be completely done with blooming and will have dropped all their seeds long before the little yellow visitors get here this year.
A new perennial, planted last fall. I really love yarrow, but often have a hard time keeping the colored flower forms alive. They quickly revert to white-only flowers. We'll see how this one does long term.
A brand-new conflower (purchased from Willard Bay Gardens and planted yesterday). Called 'Secret Romance' it is very double and very pink. I love coneflowers and have several types: tall ones, short ones, pink and other colors, big-flowered, small-flowered and now double flowered. I love these for many reasons, not the least of which is their ability to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. This new lovely is going to live in the bed near the deck, so I hope that it will attract many visitors to the yard.
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