AUGUST FLOWERS IN A CANADIAN GARDEN

All the summer flowers bring some colour and variety to a garden.

Shades of purple that attract butterflies and finches.

Yellow and orange remind us Fall is coming.

So our garden is full of this flower. What is its name? Each year one flower goes crazy and takes over. In October many will be cut back and pruned to make a neater garden for next year. However, gardeners out there what are the names of the flowers featured here today?

THE CONE FLOWER

is a beautiful and hardy summer flower. There are several clusters in my garden as with other perennials they tend to spread and grow. It is from the Compositae which really means the daisy family. I like the backwards petals. It is even known to have a herbal use. Apparently the roots can be used as an immune booster. I just think it is pretty and adds colour to the garden. The purple ones attract butterflies. I have been lucky to capture a picture or two of my monarch butterfly occasionally. With our current hot spell, it is good to know it is drought resistant.

Although they are found in many gardens, it is a wild flower indigenous to North America.

Do you have cone flowers in your area?
They make a wonderful welcome addition to a daisy garden. The colour amongst the white. What do you think? Do you like my sea of cone flowers?