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A lovely white rose

This rose is called Iceberg. It’s a Floribunda rose and it produces clusters of lovely white roses almost continuously throughout the growing season. Not only does it produce and abundance of pretty white flowers but these flowers also have a light pleasant rose scent.

I grow this rose at the front of my house near the front steps and when it’s in full bloom as it is now the scent wafts up at you as you enter the front porch. Lovely. I also grow a climbing version of this rose in my backyard – right near our patio where we can enjoy it’s lovely flowers and light delicate scent.

Butterfly Weed

I love Butterfly Weed. It produces lovely long lasting orange blooms each summer that attract Monarch butterflies as well as other species of butterflies, moths and as you can see even honey bees or wasps! I believe even hummingbirds enjoy Butterfly Weed Flowers.

Maltese Cross – a cluster of tiny flowers

Maltese Cross is one of the easiest to care for plants that I grow. It’s quite hardy, grows tidily where I first planted it and returns each year to produce it’s lovely clusters of orangish red blooms.

Gayfeather about to flower

These are Gayfeather (Liatris) buds. Each bulb develops a spike in June and by Mid to Late July each year the tiny flowers on each spike begin to bloom. They have a soft feather look from a distance and look lovely in large round clumps.