The Autumn Joy sedum was green and in bud for so long I forgot what to expect from it. But now its big heads are pink, which means little flowers have opened all over for the bees to stick their heads into, and those fields of flowers are so vast, several bees can range over them at once and not feel cramped.
Other things of interest in the garden are the toadflax at its thickest yellow cheeriness, and my one hydrangea that is as blue as I could want. I put lots of pine needles in the bottom of this pot, and wonder if that helped. My others had changed to pink, and I bought special food for them, hoping to affect next year’s bloom.
My garden was planned so that something is blooming almost every month. That means there is always something that has recently finished blooming and needs trimming, like the yarrow behind the sedum above. And that means always some reason for my gardener helpers and me to be out there taking joy with the bees. 🙂
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Ours is a Spring garden- most of any colour happens then. I’d love more vibrancy in Summer. The hydrangea at the front is blue, and the one at the back is pink. We must have completely different soil levels in the two places? You are very accomplished, GJ x
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I love your autumn sedum and that blue hydrangea is absolutely stunning.
Have a great week ~ FlowerLady
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A lovely glimpse of your beautiful garden. Such a joy it must be for you and for all those lovely bees too!
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead…
Brenda
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A HUGE patch of yarrow was left at the old farm; I need to plant some at this new place. It’s one of my favorite plants…hearty and pretty…great combination!
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Wow, that is a really blue hydrangea! Beautliful!
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Good thought to get the hydrangea blue without buying the sulfur. I’m glad to see bees happily working!
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Your Sedum is lovely but the Hydrangea is stunning! I used to have a light blue one but it seems to have disappeared. If I get another one I’ll try the pine needle trick and hope for similar blue blooms.
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Bee u ti full!
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I started learning names of flowers from your text. The blue hydrangea is really beautiful deep blue. I’m happy for the bees. I hope they multiply.
So that’s pink Autumn Joy sedum.
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Your bees must be very satisfied with all those delicacies! I once had tall Autumn Joy sedum like that, at another house. Now, my sedum is quite short, almost a ground cover. Your garden is lovely!
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I’ve often though it would be neat to have a bee hive. Your bees are definitely doing well in your pretty garden!
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What a glorious growing season you have! I have not had sedum in my garden since my days on the farm, but it would bloom in June.
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One of these years I hope to plan out a garden where something is blooming each month. I’ve been learning a lot from your blog about different flowers, some of which I want to incorporate in my garden if they’re zoned for it. Still have to research. 🙂 Your hydrangea is lovely, most of the ones around here are pinkish/ purplish.
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