A group of flowers in my garden on July 13, 2011.  You can see a tall Shaster Daisy, Hot Lava Echinacea, Prairie Sun Rudbeckia and a white coneflower grew from seed 3 years ago, didn't even know I had it until I severely cut back and pulled out all the Rudbeckia.  Makes for a pretty contrast.

Shasta Daisy

I've had this plant in the garden since the beginning.  I've cut it back each year early, I seem to get better blooms from doing that.  The flowers look yellow as they open, turn to this white.

Shast Daisy doing well

Diane's Shasta Daisy plant is in full bloom.  I like this photo because the single flower is edged with other Shasta Daisy.

Shasta Daisy finally open

The Shasta Daisy finally opened, and to my surprise, it is not the named variety I thought.  I had 3 different Shasta Daisy's growing in my garden, they had merged together into one very large group.  When I divided them, I picked the wrong clump to give to Diane.  Thank goodness, she said she likes this one.

Mystery Plants-Any idea what it is?

You probably can't see this plant good enough to identify it for me. I "thought" it was a Blue Aster plant, but it has grown so large, at least 3 feet tall, I'm wondering if I've been lovingly cultavating a WEED all Summer long. If it is an Aster, this corner of my little garden is going to be spectular when it blooms next month. I have my beloved Shasta Daisy in front of it. This plant overshadows my huge mums that are behind it.

Garden Pictures

Since my squash plants have all died from too much rain this Summer, I thought I would share some of my garden flowers with you. My good friend from Kansas sent me some flower seeds from her garden from an heirloom Celosia plant. The seeds germinated and have grown slowly but steadly and this is where the flowers are now. The flower heads are just now starting to grow, see the red on top of the flowers, that is the flower head which will get quite large, but here are a few pictures of the Celosia. The yellow flowers behind are my planted from seed Black Eyed Susans.

Here is another view of the flowers