I started my sunny perennial garden last summer knowing that while I am not that much of a gardener, I just love flowers! Luckily, I planted pretty foolproof flowers like lilies, phlox and black eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta). So this summer, I am the lucky owner of a beautiful flower garden!
The best bloomers in my garden are my black-eyed susans. I planted them last summer — they came from a free packet of seeds I got from Burt’s Bees. I had no idea what would bloom from those seeds, but just crossed my fingers and planted them! Last summer they just looked like weeds with no blooms, but I persevered. This summer, I have a bounty of beautiful black eyed susans. I am pleased as punch!
I just adore how the flowers have turned a once very boring strip of grass along my house into a happy and sunny looking space!
I love this closeup of my black-eyed beauties!
Summer Bouquet
I usually don’t like to cut any flowers from my garden because I love how they look in the garden, but because I have SO MANY black eyed susans, I don’t mind now. I cut a few the other day, and I think they make a pretty bouquet! I’ve had my flowers in a vase for a few days now, and they are still growing strong — it looks like black eyed susans make great flowers for cutting!
Summer Perennials
I shouldn’t forget the other beauties in my sunny perennial garden! I also have some beautiful lilies that are blooming just outside my living room window in the garden. I just love them!
My summer garden isn’t completely hued in yellow, though — I do have some beautiful purple phlox in the garden, too! They are also surprisingly hardy, too, considering that I tend to water them not so frequently!
That’s about it for my summer garden now — but I will have more to show when my mammoth sunflowers bloom in August. Can’t wait for those!
What’s in your summer garden? I’d love to hear about it!
Oh your flowers are so pretty. Love the bouquet too 🙂
Thanks so much, Katja! You really should get some black eyed susans! 🙂
They are lovely! I have a black thumb and can never keep anything alive, but I love flowers! We moved into our home in January and I was excited to find out that the previous owners had planted a rose garden and lots of rose bushes in the front of the house too. Now I’m just trying to keep them alive!
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Thanks for stopping by, Erin! I do better with the black eyed susans than with my roses! (My roses don’t have a single bloom on them right now, even though they looked great a few weeks ago.) Hoping to attend your session at Haven! 🙂
I love Black Eyed Susans too. They are so pretty
Thanks, Julia! Looking forward to meeting you at Haven in Atlanta!
Something about yellow flowers that catch your eye in the garden and captivate you at home.
Val
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I love yellow flowers! Thanks for visiting, Val!