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wild blue flax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[PHOTOS: CWF]<\/p>\n

Summer sights and sounds abound – from the songs of crickets to dragonflies buzzing by and more blooms gracing our various garden beds. Around town, honeysuckles and lilacs are still going strong. I will have to wait until next week to post all the images from our gardens, but until then, here’s the list…so come back and check out their photos next week!<\/p>\n

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Foamflower – this attractive groundcover has been blooming in a nearby woodland\/park for a while now, but only just starting at CWF.<\/p>\n

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Golden Alexanders are a bright plant in the garden but they have to be kept in check each year.<\/p>\n

\"pussytoes\"<\/div>\n

Pussytoes – an unusual plant that makes an interesting groundcover.<\/p>\n

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\"bluets\"<\/div>\n

Bluets – actually, they were in flower last week as well, but i forgot to include them! They are a tiny plant with such pretty flowers that are best if you have a large clump. Ours have both white and blue flowers – a pretty combination.<\/p>\n

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Canada anemone – a bright plant for a partially shady area…but they will spread each season.<\/p>\n

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Blue-eyed grass – a plant that can be easily overlooked when not in flower, resembling grass, but its gorgeous bloom helps it stand out, although they only flower for a short time.<\/p>\n

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Lupins are always attractive…and our bees love them!<\/p>\n

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Blue flag iris grows in a few of our beds.<\/p>\n

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Fragrant sumac – its flowers don’t stand out, but are kind of neat when you take a closer look. It has more of a rounded shrub look than it’s cousin the staghorn sumac.<\/p>\n

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High-bush cranberry – this shrub has pretty flowers, as do all the Viburnums that I know.<\/p>\n

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Nannyberry – another Viburnum with pretty spring flowers that will later provide fruit for animals.<\/p>\n

\"alum<\/div>\n
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Heuchera richardsonii<\/em>, aka alum root has white flowers, unlike the bright red choral bells found in most nurseries.<\/p>\n

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Pagoda dogwood – a graceful tree that the birds love to perch in before and after a drink or bath in the stream that leads to our pond.<\/p>\n

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Prairie smoke still has some flowers, but many are turning to seed heads…a pretty wisp that gives it its name.<\/p>\n

\"Camassia\"<\/div>\n

Wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides<\/em>)- a gorgeous plant that flowers for only a few days, gracing our front sign bed.<\/p>\n

Still in flower from last week include violets, Solomon’s seal, columbines, geraniums, mitrewort, water avens. Check in next week for more plant and animal action at CWF!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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