Bee and butterfly friendly wild flower area in our garden with poppies, corn flowers, sunflowers and many other plants.
In total ca. 100 m2 in our garden are reserved for wild flowers.
A beautiful rose in vibrant shades of peachy orange is unfolding her velvety petals. An abstracted summer garden background in bright shades of green is supporting her beauty.
Calla Lily converted to a B&W and then given a solarized treatment in SilverEfex Pro. Not sure which one I like better :) But in the end, they speak beauty to me...
Every spring and summer I enjoy the beautiful bright red poppies that bloom all over the garden and fields. They always find a little place to grow and delight our hearts with their beauty.
Three years ago when the pandemic first shut everything down, I was so despondent and isolated for the summer. So I threw myself into a garden project, turning a weedy area of the lawn into a wildflower patch. That first year was all preparation for the following spring: digging out the grass and weeds, forming the patch using leftover wood from damaged trees, enriching the soil, and sowing all varieties of native wildflower seeds in the fall for spring germination. I am so glad I did this project because it brings me so much happiness today. This is the third year it is blooming — it is beautiful, and it attracts so many wonderful pollinators!
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Currently blooming: orange wallflowers, blue flax (they’re done for the day, but will reappear in the morning), yellow prince’s plume, white daisies, and a few pink dianthus just starting. There are so many other flowers in there waiting for their turn to shine as the season goes on.