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| A Flowering Succulent |
Its been quite a week here. We got home Thursday evening from a week in Ohio. The next day, we woke to find the hot water tank was leaking.
We just got the heater replaced yesterday afternoon, so I was able to get the dishes and laundry done, at last. Whew!
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| Blackeye Susan |
We've been avoiding going outside in this sweltering weather since we couldn't take a shower. Today, we took a walk and did a little yard work.
This purple flower looks like a small aster, but its not. It sits atop a succulent groundcover. I've asked the neighbors, but they don't know what its called. So pretty, isn't it.
These Blackeye Susans are not in our garden, but in our neighbor's. Aren't they pretty.
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| Coreopsis |
This burgundy Coreopsis, however, is in my back yard, next to the garage. I purchased it a couple of weeks ago at the Garden Center's half-price sale. Its struggling, but is surviving, and should be quite pretty next year.
Coreopsis is one of my favorite, low-maintenance perennials. I may have to move it, but not until next Spring.
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| Magnolia (maybe) |
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I'm not sure what the plant in the last picture is. I think it might be a magnolia because of the texture of the leaves and the timing of the bloom. Then again, the leaf shape doesn't resemble a magnolia at all to my eye, but I'm certainly not very knowledgeable about the flora of this area, yet.
I need to find a good book to help me ID these thins I'm discovering.
Until next time.....
Karen
