FRESH & RUSTY

What would my blog be without a section on flowers?   These are a few discoveries in and around Colorado mountains this August.

Yellow Mountain Aster

Wild Alfalfa

Some kind of Sunflower!

And sure, "Fresh & Rusty" is a bit of an oxymoron, but hey … while it may not be fresh, you have to admit, there's beauty in rust too.

Toadflax, Butter & Eggs, Linaria vulgaris…in some places, it's considered a noxious weed!  I think it's lovely!

Virgin's Bower or Devil's Darning Needles, gone to seed. If I have correctly identified this member of the Buttercup family, then all parts of this delicate plant are toxic.

Richardson's Geranium

Purple Mountain Aster

Petunias (Not Wild!)

A few weeks ago, it was a Wild Rose.

Horsemint

Purple Fringe (Phacelia)

Tasselflower (Brickellbush)

Patriotic Petunias 

May Your World be Colorful and Flowery!!