Telekia speciosa
Gifford Garden Notes
Sun loving plants
by Diane Fagergren
There are many perennials and annuals in full bloom right now in the Gifford Garden. The sun loving plants are thriving in this heat! As the sweat pours down our backs, they are basking in the sunlight, soaking up all its scorching rays and flowering prolifically. Here are a few plants that we are highlighting this week:
Telekia speciosa
Belamcanda chinensis
blackberry lily
Onopordum acanthium
silver Scotch thistle
Monarda didyma 'Adam'
bee balm
Rudbeckia hirta hybrida 'Chim Chiminee'
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne'
coneflower
Echinops ritro 'Taplow Blue'
globe thistle
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