The "Autumn Joy" sedums are absolutely seething with bees. I cut them back in early June, so they are just coming into bloom now. One of the things I like best about this sedum is the range of soft colors mingling across the umbels. Mine are mostly soft green, now, with light pinks and deeper rose hues advancing daily.
I enjoy the blooms on this Ammi visnaga "Green Mist"--they draw up into little balls as they age as do those of Daucus carota which are also called Queen Anne's Lace. Last year I was disappointed to find out that the blooms of Ammi majus "Graceland" don't do this.
Chasmanthium latifolium "Northern Sea Oats" is coming into its prime.
In addition to these blooms, I have blooms on: Rosa mutabilis, Lobelia siphilitica, Eutrochium dubium "Phantom" (also cut back hard in early June), Japanese anemone "Whirlwind", hardy geranium "Jolly Bee", Weigela "Sonic Bloom (TM) Pearl", Honeysuckle "Sweet Tea", Gaura, Alyssum, hardy fuchsias, Cyclamen hederifolium, and some re-bloom on Campanula poscharskyana "Blue Waterfall" and Alchemilla mollis.
I'm still waiting for bloom on my newly planted Aster lateriflorus "Prince" and newly planted Ageratina altissima "Chocolate".
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6 comments:
Chasmanthium is so pretty, I love its unusual seedheads. Happy GBBD!
Happy GBBD, Alison!
Beautiful captures of the sunlight honeybee and river oats.
Your plants (and the bee!) are wonderfully photogenic. I think the universe is telling me that I must plant some sedum soon.
Thank you SweetBay!
Hi Kris! If you have no sedums, then you should definitely plant some. The Autumn Joy is a stalwart for me and I've had it for ages, but I also have an assortment of the more sprawly sedums.Not sure which are the best bets in your climate, though.
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