#monkey flower

[geopsych]

From the lake, monkey flowers with a Halloween pennant dragonfly

[photoblogdujour]

The monkey flowers were going ape and harrangue-utanging the other animal flowers.

[kikanawj]

The bi-colored roses are always so fun to watch bloom and see the shifting shades as the petals open more and more.

I didn't expect to admire the flowers of the spring/green onions I replant, they were added to the garden for practical production purposes. But I gotta say, I and the bees do really enjoy the blooms.

My monkey flower continues to get bigger and more full of blooms every year! I was worried when the plant seemed like it fully died back last fall into winter, but apparently the roots were very healthy and established and just shot up a whole new plant about 6 inches to the left of where it had previously been.

New to me this year is this citronella plant. I hope it does well. It smells very citrus-y, on both the flowers and the foliage.

And the star of the over-winter plants this year is the alyssum/ sweet alyssum. When I planted it, I didn't know it was in the brassica family, and like the other brassicas in my garden (kale, brussel sprouts), it handled our mild Nor Cal winter like a champ. [its foliage also seems to have protected the shishito pepper and the columbine flower plants that it grew up and around and helped them both overwinter successfully as well]

[untamed-mi]

I've discovered there's a native flower even rarer than the dwarf lake iris, the Michigan monkey flower:

[kurtoutdoorman]

Monkey Flower

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

[fancytigercupcake]

Kejli Kincilova Monkey Princess 🌺🌺🪷💮

[kiweetree]

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