Coneflower frenzy at Wildflower Center
What better greeting than a plethora of purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea)? The ballerina-skirted beauties are brightening the entry to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center right now. Like Dr. Seussian trees, several multi-trunked Yucca rostrata stand behind them, adding shimmery drama.
The long view
Needle-sharp gray agaves — Agave neomexicana, I think — and grasses add starburst forms but vastly different textures to this beautiful, early-summer scene.
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What fun to see such a large swath of a favorite flower that also grows in abundance up here in the rainy PNW! So often I see unfamiliar plants on your blog, it’s nice to know so many plants do indeed tie us together.
There are probably more than we both realize. But I know what you mean and feel the same way when I read blogs from the PNW. :). —Pam
Very pretty and cheerful. The pink plays very well with the silvery blue of the yuccas and agaves.
I think so too — a nice combo. —Pam
Love these pictures, Pam! The contrast between the flowers and the yuccas and agaves looks so unique. My coneflowers are covered with buds; I expect a big show in another week or two, so this just whet my appetite more.
It’s coneflower season! –Pam
It is beautiful!
A nice entry garden indeed. —Pam
It’s coneflower season! —Pam
What a scene! My coneflowers are having a great year too, awesome spring we have had this year, eh?!
It’s been an extraordinary spring. Amazing what plenty of rain can do for a garden, isn’t it? It’s a jungle out there! —Pam
Been the best year for my coneflowers. The hail didn’t get them.
That’s reason to celebrate! —Pam