Just pretty

Cantaloupe blossom:

Day lilies:

Plains coreopsis:

Bachelor buttons:

Moss roses:

More pretties

As long as I had the camera out taking pics of the weeds, dirt, etc., for my last post, I thought I'd snap some pretty ones while I was at it. I always love the moss roses in their many colors. Here are a few of them. This first pic sorta got photo-bombed. Those white streaks you can see are whiskers. I had so much "help". :)

My sedum plant bush in the wildflower bed is becoming so pretty now:

Behind the sedum are a few black-eyed susans still blooming.

I've pulled out pretty much everything else, as it was done blooming and going to seed. I'd like to dig up the whole bed except for the perennial sedum and BES's and plant new seeds next year... or even yet this fall. We'll see if I get that done. Then I could have some new kinds of flowers to show you instead of just the same ol' same ol'.

Another panorama

My moss roses were looking exceptionally full and pretty a few mornings ago, so I decided to see if I could make a good panorama of the whole bed, since it's too long to get a decent full shot with my camera. I think it turned out rather nice! (Click on it to see it much larger.)

Here are some closer shots for your viewing pleasure.

I just love all the beautiful colors!

This one stands alone

This is most of my moss rose bed. As Courtney was leaving yesterday, we noticed ONE little flower all by itself, blooming so proudly. I was going to take a picture of it right away, but promptly forgot. When I came out later, it was already closed for the day, but it still made for kinda cool photos.

See it?

Its life is over. So short... only one day. But as you can see there'll be many more, and soon the bed will be overflowing with many colors. I love 'em!

Currently blooming

In the wildflower bed.

And my moss roses.

Grandma's little gardener, part 2

Here she is again, trying to decide which color moss rose is the best.

Maybe these stones look more interesting, though.

But best of all is still the little green tomato!

Grandma likes the multi-colored moss roses!

Moss roses

So pretty. So many colors. So easy to care for. They come up on their own every year... all I have to do is thin and weed them. They don't require watering, even in the driest conditions.

Current bloomers

Gee, after being over to Grace-land, my flowers don't impress me so much. ;-) But here's what's showing off these days.

Wild roses

Impatiens

The yellow nonstop begonia

Day lilies

And a few moss roses, that didn't photograph well in the bright sun.