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I've never had good luck growing ornamental sunflowers, so this year in an attempt to privatize, I planted
three envelopes of mixed colors. Of course, they all sprouted and thrived. The colors are beautiful!
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The vegetables are also doing their thing. This is Ichiban eggplant.
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We've enjoyed eating from the garden every night this week. Above, "Still Life with Pomegranite and Agave Bracteosa." That's my kind of summer art.
Your sunflowers are gorgeous! What a beautiful post....
ReplyDeleteI like that still life shot, with the glimpse of the garden behind it. That's a great pot with the pomegranate.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane for visiting Shadows on Stone.
ReplyDeleteIf you'd like some perennial sunflowers, helianthus microcephalus, come by my studio. I forgot the cultivar name. They are a lovely soft pale lemon yellow, really tough plants. I've got tons of them.
Hi Jane - Love your sunny sunflowers, I never seem to do well with those when I try but always have some volunteers so just let what happens happens at this point. At first glance I worried that your eggplants were some new purple species of slug! They are so very shiny. What a basket of harvest plenty, good going. Hope your summer is going well!
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