There is always room for more zinnias, which give us some of the most outrageously bright colors in the annual garden.
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Zinnias
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Golden Shrimp Plant
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Cosmos and Pennsylvania Leatherwing
Father Pitt is fairly certain that the insect enjoying the pollen of this Cosmos sulphureus flower is a Pennsylvania Leatherwing (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus), a common kind of soldier beetle that prefers yellowish flowers that match its own snazzy uniform. He is always delighted to be corrected, however, by someone with more entomological expertise than he has.
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Zinnias
Zinnias are everywhere these days, and they make the world brighter. Here are a few different varieties of zinnias from here and there.
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Field of Flowers
Kodak EasyShare Z981. A field of native flowers in Robin Hill Park, Moon Township.
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Zinnia
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Tasselflowers
Common weeds in more tropical climes, these flowers are valued here for their hot, bright colors. They resemble our common hawkweeds and were once classified in the same genus, but are now put in the genus Emilia. Sorting out the species is more than poor old Pa Pitt can handle.
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Cosmos sulphureus After the Rain
Another bright Victorian favorite coming back into favor after a period of eclipse.
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Zinnias
Back in the dark ages of “bedding plants,” which is to say the 1970s and 1980s, zinnias were almost forgotten, grown only by those eccentric gardeners who grew their annuals from seed and liked bright Victorian colors. Now zinnias have regained their honored place as staples of the annual garden, and the world is a brighter place.
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More Daylilies
