My daddy , who passed away in 2003, used to call non-perenial plants that came up on their own "volunteers." Well this year in my garden, I had an annual from last year show up half way through the summer - portulaca (some call them moss roses). In Tennessee, supposedly they don't survive the winters here to reproduce in the spring, so this year I have classified them as a volunteer.
I also had a yellow daisy show up; the main plant had died 2 years ago. My mama says that when a garden gets planted each spring, things get moved around and show up in other places. This would explain the "ta-da" of the yellow daisy suddenly the last week of August. Of course, now that I look at it closely, a week after it's debue, it is possible that instead of being the yellow daisy that died 2 years ago, it could be a hybrid of the galardia that grows near by, since it does have faint darkness in the petals. What do you think?
Yellow Daisy
Galardia
The last flower for today is a rose. It is call "climbing Joseph's coat." I assume that the name is taken from the bible story of Joseph and his coat of many colors (Genesis 37:3) because the color of this flower is vibrant. The bud looks red orange, but when it opens it looks like a gorgeous sunset. It has not climbed much this year, but this is the first year, so we will see what happens next year.
Climbing Joseph's Coat
Well I will sign off for today. I hope these pictures and bring you some joy!
SkyBlueSue!
