Rain Brings More Blooms

After three days of 90 degree weather, the rain brought relief and more blooms in the Teaching Garden.  All the Master Gardener Volunteers enjoyed the respite from the heat and were busy weeding, work made easier with the moist soil.  The plants enjoyed the rain and brought forth beautiful blossoms.  Here are the plants in bloom in the Red, White & Blue Garden:

      

Left to right: Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese Cross) , Penstemon Digitalis (Penstemon) and Peony.

There was a surprise buried in the Montank Daisy plant which will bloom in the fall – a bird’s nest with one egg.  We couldn’t determine what bird laid it but we’ll keep a watchful eye for the mother bird.

 

In the Bee, Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden:

   

Larkspur also known as Delphinium are the purple spikes, with yellow Achillea (Yarrow)

      

Light pink Campanula punctata (Cherry Bells) &  Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion)

These white flowers are from plants in the Cooks’ Garden.  Can you recognize what plant they’re from?

      

Left: Farmscape mix (used to attract beneficial insects while keeping the soil covered until July/Aug when the fall crop goes in), Middle: flowers from the potato plants, Right: Cilantro/Coriander flowering with Bad Bug Swimming Pool beside it.

Found in the vegetable garden were good bugs green lacewing insect & eggs and a praying mantis.  The Silver Queen corn shows signs of germination!  Lots of strawberries were harvested – a bumper crop!

Peas, lettuce and strawberries from the Cooks’ Garden were brought to a local charity for which they are most grateful not only because they are delicious but because they are organically grown and healthy for them.  Many thanks to the Master Gardener Volunteers,  Jannell, Jeff, Ross, Harriet, Jean and Amye to name a few, who work in the garden so our community can benefit from their labor.