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Four colors of cleome, aka Grandpa’s Whiskers, in the garden—All are volunteers I moved around—An insect favorite (one of mine, too)—

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October 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
timothypwright.bsky.social
Lovely orange cosmos—Perfect color for October—Like many annual flowers, very easy to grow from seed—If they get leggy, plant them deep like tomatoes—

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October 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
sleepycatnatives.bsky.social
When planning your native garden don't forget the annuals! They're easy going, and readily self seed filling gaps and suppressing weeds while providing a wealth of pollinator benefits. Here's a few PNW options!
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California poppy and Farewell to Spring Clarkia are such a happy pairing. Each year self seeding in new and complimentary arrangements! California Poppy goes with everything! Here it can be seen growing with another gorgeous PNW annual Blue Gilia. The adorable blue puff ball flowers look amazing next to California Poppy. If you look closely in the upper center-left, you might pick out the young starts of yet another native annual! Elegant Tarweed starts have sort of a spiky pineapple shape with long lance leaves. Large Flowered Collomia is extremely showy, with it's clusters of salmon pink flowers and sky blue pollen that tells everyone which bees have been paying court! Tall, bright, and beautiful, Elegant Tarweed is a jaw dropper when planted en masse. In my garden I've seen this flower grow as short as 6 inches in the gravel driveway, and as tall as 6 feet in flower beds! It is very popular with pollinators of all sorts and in the heat of the sun this plant releases a resin that smells like a citrusy-pineapple! The flowers open early in the morning and simply glow in the morning sun. By the afternoon these flowers roll up tightly to conserve water. Sometimes bees will nap in the rolled up flowers!
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
wdcgardener.bsky.social
Senetti can live in temperatures as low as 35 degrees and they stop flowering once it reaches 80 degrees. They are hardy to USDA zones 9 to 12...
See more at:
washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/03/sene...

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March 24, 2024 at 11:57 PM