Saturday, August 9, 2008

Oregon is a flowery place too!

Oregon boasts a wonderful assortment of wildflowers. Foxglove is a common wildflower here. You see it along every woodsy path you hike. It's also found in many gardens including ours.
Hydrangea bushes thrive in local gardens. The hydrangea flower's color is sensitive to the pH of the soil. Most that you see around here are blue. I rather like these odd ones that have bits of both blue and red. This bush grows in the shade along the margin of our lawn.
The garden's daisies are huge and gorgeous, in their corny, mundane way.
I like the odder flowers.
I'm charmed by the mauve shade of these:
And these are just so neat!
But the best parts of a garden are the good hiding places!

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