A couple garden pics to tide you over until I have more knitting to show. The top one is Bee Balm. I have been admiring Bee Balm in gardens all over Madison for many years and we finally have some growing in our own yard. When you see a big stand of it in full bloom in July, you know it's summer. We don't have a big stand, yet, but in a few years, I hope to have it all over the yard.
The second image is just a lily. We have several different kinds of lilies. I love how agreeably easy they are and they always put on a good show.
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Very beautiful--as always!
My grandmother, in MN, always had loads of tiger lilies growing next to the garage. They still are my favorite flowers.
Your photos have cheered me up immensely on a grey day. Thanks... the bee balm is particularly lovely. Wish I knew how not to kill plants! :-)
Glad you finally got your bee balm! I love that stuff too.
Ah, the colors of summer! Thanks for showing your pics! ^_^
Bee balm is such fun. Vigorous, which could mean invasive if you meant to keep it confined to a small area. But glorious when it can spread to create a mass effect.
I've never seen bee balm before. Reminds me of a jester hat. What do they look like in a big stand? And "just a lily"? Lilies are so beautiful. I have two in my kitchen window now, will be prettying up the garden next summer.
The lily is a beautiful colour! We usually have loads in our garden, but very few have surfaced this year, for some odd reason. And I must check out the bee balm - I've never heard of it before...
I grew bee balm once. I liked it, too. Mine was the same color. Does it come in different shades?
My mom gave me some bee balm last year, and I didn't know it had bright red flowers....so this summer, when the bright red (and lovely) flowers showed up, I wasn't sure if it was a noxious weed (I'm a little behind in the garden, and have more thistles than anything else, and a little garlic mustard) or if it was something I wanted to keep. So, I was going to take a picture of the flower to send to my mom to ask her what it is -- though you answered my question, so thank you for the info! It does look great, very striking!
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