As each summer ages, it mellows and becomes golden. Colors seem to become more vibrant, while ornamental grasses and flowers gone-to-seed become soft, billowy clouds. We should all aspire to age so gracefully. Sneezeweed, Helenium 'Feugo' ( Mariachi Series) Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Eyes' (Self-seeding Annual) Mountain Fleeceflower, Persicaria Ornamental Oregano, Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhauser' Burnet, Sanguisorbia officinallis 'Red Thunder' (Rosaceae) Agastache 'Blue Boa' Agastache 'Blue Boa' in the middle distance Russian Sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia White flowering Nicotiana Echinacea Great Blue Lobelia or Cardinal Flower, Lobelia syphilitica and Lobelia syphilitica 'Alba' Great Blue Lobelia or Cardinal Flower, Lobelia syphilitica and Lobelia syphilitica 'Alba' White Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Spider Flower, Cleome (Annual) Fountain Grass, Pennisetum These pictures were taken at Edwards Garden and a local area park.
