Backyard Wildflower Patch

I’m later this week on getting a post done. We were on vacation last week then busy since we got back home. I plan on getting through my photos from vacation and posting them next week.

For this week’s post I’m going to post some pictures I just took on a walk around my garden. The flowers I have growing back there are beautiful! I did see a butterfly flying around them before I got my camera, hopefully I’ll get a chance at some photos of some butterflies soon…

These sunflowers are “volunteers” from last year’s plants. I had tossed the flowers from last year in a pile here and this one germinated there.
More of the “volunteer” sunflower
Zinnias are my favorite flowers!
Another photo of the same Zinnia from the previous photo
Another Zinnia
This is buckwheat, I plant it as a cover crop in my garden. I really like it as a cover crop (controls weeds) as it germinates and flowers quickly. I think these plants are about 4-6 weeks old.
My wildflower patch
My wildflower patch
My wildflower patch

These next few pictures are the reason I went and grabbed my camera. The purple flower in the middle of the other flowers caught my eye.

Ok, that’ll be a wrap for this week. Hopefully I get some time to go through my vacation pictures for a post next week!

Last year’s hummingbird in Zinnias post

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The Wild Flower Walk

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