cows

Cows at the Olli 

open house at the tech.

Spodiopogon grass

Spodiopogon sibericus

Silver Spike Grass, Frost Grass, Graybeard Grass

A grass of many charms, its fuzzy stalks of green leaves resemble bamboo. In mid-summer, clouds of tiny purple flowers shimmer on tall stalks. The fist frost turns foliage purplish-brown.  Not listed for our zone 4 but it grows here (Grand Forks, ND) very well.  The picture was taken in University Park Rock Garden.	Spodiopogon sibericus Plant Type: Grass Bloom Season: Mid Summer Flower Color: Purple Foliage: Deciduous Height: 2 ft. to 3 ft. Width: 4 ft. Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun Climate: Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Tangletown Art & Garden tour was a blast.

A hybrid daylily from Coral that is blooming in my yard now.

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Known as Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) or Wild Carrot, the plant provides us with numerous benefits:

• The caterpillar of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly feast from the leaves

• Other insects drink the nectar

• Other predatory insects (those who rid our gardens of unwanted insects such as aphids) are drawn to this flower.

• The taproot was once familiar to us as the carrot and is edible. Its carrot is not consistent with the carrot we know now.

• The leaves of the plant, however, are not edible and may irritate the skin. 

Evening Primrose

Oenothera is a genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America.

This Evening Primrose is in the north end of the Rock Garden in University Park.

Kathy's garden

Kathy's garden was in full bloom.