The farm is literally a big bowl of sunshine right now, even on cloudy days.
The show started with a few hundred flowers
and quickly progressed to thousands. There are the
brilliant yellow flowers of Bidens aristosa everywhere,
brilliant yellow flowers of Bidens aristosa everywhere,
all abuzz with insect life.
I wish there were more along the upper part of the driveway
but there are tons in the new beds in front of the house,
at the front of the big perennial bed,
and in the bed beside the neighbor's pasture.
Not only are the Bidens themselves brilliant, they combine brilliantly with other colors.
The Bidens-less parts of the garden provides a rest for the eyes. lol
Look what I found in a box intended for recycling. Penny doesn't usually do cat-like things such as this so I was surprised to see her in there. She is slow, deliberate, without the usual balance and athleticism that cats possess. We used to think that she was perhaps drain-bramaged from being dropped on her head as a kitten (before we had her) ;), but after watching a program on Animal Plant I think she's just a throwback to her Persian ancestry. lol
Simply lovely. I would just walk around there all day enjoying the scene. Seems like others like it too.
ReplyDeleteI am so loving that sea of yellow blooms. How gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sea of yellow! My surrounding fields look like that too, but it is from tall stalks of spectacular blooming goldenrod rather than bidens. But the effect is the same: all yellow and gold and sunshiny!
ReplyDeletePiękno przyrody nie zna granic !!!
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Sweetbay,
ReplyDeleteWe saw lots of bidens driving around today. Swa the bees with orange pollen, Meg thinks it is from bidens. Have you seen bees on it and orange pollen? Don't you love the seas of yellow.
I have never seen so many blooms! Your place must be like a little piece of heaven right now! Hope you are doing well! Carla
ReplyDeleteWitaj ! Piękna, czarująca żółta polana !!! Ogród też wyjątkowy, NATURALNY. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic display, Sweetbay! It would be hard to have a gloomy thought with such a cloud of sunshine outside your door.
ReplyDeleteOur cat Toby loves empty boxes, too, as well as shopping bags:)
The Biden display is awesome...a big bowl of sunshine is a perfect description. I have always felt a garden without yellow, doesn't glow or show off other colors enough and this proves that perfectly. Hopefully Bidens will reseed to those other paths where you want to enjoy it. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteWho wouldn't want to live in such a bowl of sunshine! Your garden looks so bright and cheerful. I love your picture of the butterfly (or perhaps he is a moth?). The whole shot seems infused with glowing sunlight.
ReplyDeleteI was enjoying all the bright sunny yellow blooms...all along the driveway. THEN, you shared the picture of the Bidens and the Four-O-Clocks and the Mexican petunia...wow~ what a great combination.
ReplyDeleteRandy I have seen bees with orange pollen sacs on the Bidens. Jennifer that little butterfly is a skipper, not sure of the species though!
ReplyDeleteThose yellow flowers you call Bidens are really too plenty, but beautiful. I smiled when you referred to its other side as another view to rest the eyes, haha. The box has always been our maternity house for our cats, even if we put them in other we thought are "nicer places" to have her kittens delivered, they usually prefer the box. That's why i thought at first your cat is also due for her kittens.
ReplyDeleteI'm simply amazed at your triumph in yellow. What a sight to see. How long does the display last?
ReplyDeletePatrick the Bidens are usually in bloom the month of September here, so it lasts a good long while.
ReplyDeleteThe cat peeking out of the box is a cute photo.
ReplyDeleteLove the colorful flowers and the insect photos. Your garden seems to be full of color and life all year long.
Your photographs are amazing ! Again !
ReplyDeleteMakes September so worth waiting for.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful sight, masses of yellow.
I like just about anything Asteraceae, but those bidens carpeting big swathes are right up there. I don't grow bidens yet! But they're added to the list....
Przepiękne widoki !!!
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I love Bidens time in your garden. They are so spectacular. I know the pollinators are in heaven. gail
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