Some years back, some yarrow that I’d planted long ago in one of the beds disappeared, so I thought it was a garden plant fail. But it started to appear elsewhere. Once near the little plot where I sow seeds. Then, a few other places. And for the past 2 or 3 years, it appears in abundance in the corral. As you know, we walk up a little incline to the corral and just past the entrance, the yarrow blooms on either side of the path we walk. I don’t know how it happened, but it’s as if it made a group decision to form a walk way or allée. It’s now coming into bloom with beautiful and tiny little white flowers everywhere. Yarrow’s leaves look like the leaves of a fern. It’s quite tall, by the way, at least 3 feet tall.
This is one of the things about gardening that I love. You never know what’s going to pop up, especially if 99% of your garden is filled with perennials, some of which self seed. This just happened, out of nowhere, and I love it. It’s especially lovely in the corral; almost like a floral tribute to our beloved dogs, who spent a lot of time in that corral over the years.
On the other hand, I have an over-abundance of milkweed this year, which I may have to thin out next year. It’s too late now, as it’s growing by leaps and bounds and is about to burst into bloom. And the bee balm is out of control. I yanked a bunch of it early in spring, but I didn’t pull enough of it and I should have done it earlier. Lesson learned – hopefully. Next year, thin out the milkweed and the bee balm.
It’s an absolutely beautiful day today with blue skies, big, fluffy clouds, and no humidity. Truly gorgeous. We’ll be mowing the large part of the front lawn – we purposely waited until today because we knew the humidity would be gone.
Stay safe.
Happy Sunday.
Beautiful day so far-heat on the way. Enjoy mowing. Watched church online again-today is the day for staff and elders and families. My daughter is on staff, so they will attend. Next week, open to public….I won’t be going yet as I am elderly…whew that sounds funny…plus we still have cases here…also still under curfew here–that doesn’t affect church hours, but I am not ready…our church is not small, so I am sure there will be many going…perhaps some good news in all of this is that perhaps, dare we hope the heat is helping the virus slow down? I don’t know…I hope so…this is my 86th day in isolation…I am doing fine…this too shall pass. Thank you for your blog, your cheery posts…your hobbies you share with us…I have seldom known anyone who likes to mow more than you…lol…thank you again for being YOU. brenda b
My 86th day as well, Brenda. Thank you for your kind words! Stay safe.
love that wild yarrow tribute to your beloved dogs … beautiful in every way.
and it sounds like another lovely day ahead for you; i am glad for you!
today i get to visit some family members (still from a safe distance, of course) and then be home. yesterday a friend very quickly framed for me a painting i bought several weeks ago. i still have no idea where to put it, but today i will figure that out. also, i am very much a t-shirt-and-skirt person (someone somewhere once described it as “public pajamas” … ha), but that can’t happen at work so i have to do some ironing as well. two of those things will be more fun than the other. :)
hope you, don and everyone else have a safe, easy day.
kathy in iowa
Glad you get to see some family members today, Kathy. I am a t-shirt and jeans person. Every day, except for winter – then it’s a sweater and jeans. Stay safe!
Yes…I guess the not knowing about which plants will be returning, or popping up in unexpected places, definitely makes gardening more interesting to me. Your white yarrow is beautiful…actually I’ve never seen the white before. I bought a bee balm plant this year…because I wanted to attract more hummingbirds and bees. Now, I’m wondering if I gave it enough room to spread?
It’s going to be a gorgeous day here, too, just as it was yesterday. So some weed pulling is on my agenda. A light breeze, and no humidity will make for a pleasant day. Happy mowing! ;)
It’s in the mint family, Donnamae and spreads underground.
Beautiful day today. We mowed and I watered the seedlings and Don did some work on his paths. Now we’ve showered and had lunch and we’re taking it easy. Stay safe!
We had an amazing day yesterday with no humidity and upper 70’s and supposed to be very similar today. Just lovely!! 90* tomorrow. ugh.
I think my Bee Balm has tripled this year. I have never had so much!! The picture of the white flowers looks much like the flowers on our Bridal Wreath bush. Along with the Bee Balm, we have a profusion of bunnies this year. They are EVERYWHERE all day long. We have a (rather peculiar) Greyhound. They, of course, train to chase a bunny. When we let her out at night in the fenced in yard, we know if there is a bunny in the yard because she stands on the deck and cries. She is quite afraid of them. There is a nest of babies under the pine tree in the front yard. More bunnies!! Crazy.
Enjoy your mowing time. Hope you both have a good day!!
We have a bridal veil bush, too, but it didn’t flower as much this year. Another plant/bush that suffered from our very, very late freeze. We have no bunnies and I miss seeing them. I’m jealous of yours! Stay safe.
I’m glad you are having a lovely day! The yarrow is simply beautiful. Enjoy every second.
I will, Jeanie! Stay safe.
Serendipity in the garden! Love… It helps to make up for all those weeds we know will be showing up!
Take care and enjoy your surroundings!
I will, Kelly! Stay safe.
I just love seeing what has seeded itself each year! Even better is finding someone to share the extra bounty with. I passed on a boatload of sweet woodruff, red violet violets, pink and red perennial geraniums, lambs ears, chocolate mint and bearded iris to a young couple with their first house. Feverfew, gloriosa daisies and dames rocket from seed are next, along with golden raspberries and strawberries. Making the world more beautiful, one garden at a time!
Next up, garden art to support BLM. Making the world more just, one heart at a time!
Stay safe and spread love…
How nice of you to share, Roxie! Can’t wait to hear about your garden art! Stay safe.
too many flowers! Is there really such a thing??We had to take out 2 lilac bushes because of the previous owners planting them right next to the sidewalk and right next to the house. But I would love to plant flowers that spread themselves. Right now it is campanula that I am trying to spread around. Some of them must have made babies from seeds and we replanted them.
Well, there are too many bee balms, that’s for sure. They’ve crowded out my phlox! I love that they spread, but I now realize I have to control that a bit more.
Stay safe, Jan!
Beautiful always Claudia!
Thank you, Grace! Stay safe.