gooseberry (agrise)

this little bush was already here when we moved, the fruit are delicious and i read they are incredibly healthy (as all berries?)

amazing sea holly (scai vanat)

I know I have already posted about this Eryngium, but it is just too mesmerizing, the colour has turned into an incredible blue-violet and it is just gorgeous, i had to return to it with my camera.

 I have to find a way to propagate it! 

humble ones

these are mostly tiny flowers which have appeared after i scattered seeds from an annual flower mix: creeping morning glory, iberis umbellata (tiny lilac one), african daisy (the orange one)... and a lot of zinnias (which are neither tiny nor humble, i will come back to them later)

a funny allium

Allium sphaerocephalon - and it has stayed like this for a really looong time, I am totally glad I bought these bulbs! I hope it comes back next year, it should, from what i read...

dahlia!

deep summer

buddleja (summer lilac) & solidago canadensis (canadian goldenrod)
both found here, already in the garden

when rain hits

the fourth type of lilies opened today! the bulbs are a gift from my father, he got them at the market, they were supposed to be the common garden lily (which i love, though smaller, but very fragrant) - instead they turned out to be imperial as well! 

and while i was pondering how pure their white was, gleaming-sparkling, an unexpected rain started to pour down - i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw them afterwards, half yellow! Kiki even thought they were supposed to be like this! :-)

liatris

i hadn't even heard of this flower, my mom stumbled upon a bulbs offer at the supermarket and bought them for me. they should come back year after year, getting more spikes, this summer they only have one each.

cosmos, first

Sicily gladiolus