Garden Mix, Mid August

August continues sunny and oh so beautiful, even so that I don’t complain about

the lack of rain. I have divided perennials and replanted some plants to a better spot.

I know, I am early. But this job is much nicer to do now in shorts and top than in the autumn rains.

Here some blues & whites blooming now. 

Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. neapolitanum, Veronica longifolia & phlox.

The bees love Veronicastrum virginicum even if the blooming is almost over.

The blooming of hemerocallis is almost over. I hesitated with the name of this beautiful

brownish red one. It is Sammy Russel!

Echinops sphaerocephalus / Great globe-thistle grows on a sunny & dry spot.

It is 150 cm high! 

We have a tiny, tiny woods near one property border.

I made a path for me and the kitties to walk and shall plant groundgovers & other plants.

Let’s consider this as a before photo, next summer I will show how it looks after.

Happy gardening!

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Between the Rains

Today it is a rainy day at last in Finland! 

I took a few quick shots between the rains. We have many curved paths in the garden, 

but in front of our garage there is a straight pavement plus straight long lower bed. 

Something is blooming throughout the summer. At the moment Hemerocallis & 

Veronicastrum virginicum. There are still some late bloomers to come.

This is some Aconitum. I suspect it is Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. neapolitanum.

I have got it in a plant swap and the good thing is that it needs no support

and spreads very well.

The Phlox are still mainly in bud.

To the right from the long flower bed  there is a small patch of lawn & rose shrubs.

Because it is a sunny & dry spot this big Echinops sphaerocephalus / Great globe-thistle

grows there. Its height is from 150 cm till 200 cm! 

Happy weekend. I hope you’ll get some refreshing rain as well.

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Friday Bliss #100 - Blooming August

I have done some rearranging in the garden and had to cut  these perennials to milk jugs.

The grey looking thistle was found in a corner of the property. 
It is called Echinops sphaerocephalus and is 2 meters high. Now I planted it to a better place.

I also planted Ligularia przewalskii to another place. The bees have found them in the jug, too

- there is a lot of buzz around the jug on the terrace

This is the 100th Friday Bliss!

There is a history behind. I started having linkup in May 2016. At first my linkup was called 

Flower Wednesday, total 31posts; then the name changed to Floral Bliss, total 89 posts.

So all included already 220th post. Thank you all who have participated!

PS

The new blogger seems annoying to use!

Clematis Mikelite is blooming at the background.

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Wishing colorful & warm August!

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Bumblebee Paradise

Pörriäiset ja perhoset löytävät keväästä syksyyn omat lempikasvinsa. On tosi kiva katsella kimalaisia ja mehiläisiä työssään, kun ne ovat yltä päältä siitepölyssä. Tällä hetkellä yksi parhaista pörriäiskasveista puutarhassani on Sinipallo-ohdake - Echinops bannaticus. Sinipallo-ohdake on vanhan ajan kasvi, joka kukkii metallinhohtoisin pallomaisin mykeröin. Kasvi on melko kookas, pysyy hyvin pystyssä ja on ohdakemaisen piikikäs. Sietää hyvin paahdetta. Kuvat eivät ole aivan teräviä, mutta hauskoja nämä heput olivat.

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Bees, bumblebees and butterflies find their favourite plants of the season. It is so fun to watch the bees at their work, messed with pollen. Right now one of the best bumblebee plants in my garden is Echinops bannaticus. Its round flowers shine a metallic blue, it is upright and tolerates well full sun & draught. Sorry the photos are a bit unsharp but these guys were so fun to watch!

Echinops sphaerocephalus - Valkopallo-ohdake is gigantic, near 2 m

A selection of late summer bloomers that attract bees / 
Loppukesän kukkijoita, jotka houkuttelevat pörriäisiä:

Aster - Asterit

Borago officinalis - Rohtopurasruoho

Echinops bannaticus - Sinipallo-ohdake

Echinops sphaerocephalus - Valkopallo-ohdake

Helianthus - Auringonkukat

Hyssopus officinalis  - Iisoppi

Ligularia - Nauhukset

Monarda - Värimintut

Origanum vulgare - Mäkimeirami

Solidago - Piiskut

Verbascum - Tulikukat

Verbena bonariensis - Jättiverbena

List of plants that attract bees and butterflies.  

Täällä listaa hyvistä pörriäis- ja perhoskasveista.

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Happy August weekend! - Kaunista elokuista viikonloppua!
PS
To my blog friends in Spain & Portugal - I do hope you can cope with the heat!