Look what's going to happen soon in the driveway flower bed.
These aren't in full bloom yet. This is the globe thistle I transplanted last year at the totally wrong time. It has lived, and has two blooms this year. It's small, but give it another year or two and it will be 5-6 feet tall.
Like these- the patch from which I moved this one. You can see the ball on the left is at about the stage of the ones above, but the big one in the middle is is full bloom. I really love these!
I moved two more up here last fall, and one of those also is blooming.
And then, in the front bed is a nice little surprise that came up last year. We think it was a hitchhiker from a friend's garden in something she gave me. This is only a promise of a bloom. And it can't stay in this location. But if it continues to grow maybe I can save some seeds and get it started out by the driveway.
I'll let you guess what it is for a little longer. But Betsy should recognize it!
It may not really bloom this year. The last wind we had bent the stem. It's struggling to pull water up to those buds, but I've got it supported, so we will see.
In other news: I edited, I weeded, I spent way too much time trying to ID one of my hosta varieties. I really like to know what they are but this one came from a friend's garden and she has no idea. May have narrowed it down. Miki stopped by. I worked on other things. Life is good in the gardening lane.
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