Bill, darn but that's not fair -- posting pretty pics like this and the taters when my camera's giving up the ghost.
Posted by: Shelley at June 14, 2004 10:08 PMSo pretty! I don't know why I didn't used to like coneflowers. I planted some this year and I'm hooked--they last so long, are so cheerful, and practically bulletproof. After seeing a huge swallowtail drunkenly swooning on a blossom, who can turn away? (Send me an email and I'll send you the photo--really pretty)
Posted by: Martha at June 15, 2004 10:38 AMSo pretty.........I planted coneflowers last year for the first time- our native butterfly Painted Lady fed on it.......It is just now beginning to bloom for this season........The swamp milkweed is growing like crazy - about 5 feet tall now with the beginnings of small blooms.........the fennel is also about 5 feet tall- taller than last year.......I can hardly wait for the monarchs and swallowtails to arrive- probably sometime in July.....My grandbaby Helena (who is 2) along with her parents recently moved back here to St. Louis & I am so looking forward to teaching her about the wonder of the butterflies.......We have a Butterfly House here that I took her to last week & the look on her face was magical as she watched the butterflies flying around her.........a long comment, I know, but I just want to share this with you.........
Posted by: Dottie at June 15, 2004 09:28 PMIs that from your yard?
Posted by: Leslie at June 16, 2004 03:05 PMyes, the coneflower is from my yard. And for that matter so is the vitex and the potatoes (many of which have now been eaten)
Posted by: bill at June 16, 2004 05:53 PM