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Silver #cockscomb - very similar to amaranth.
Originally native to #India - it was saved from extinction through #cultivation because of its religious significance. #Indian , #Burmese & #Chinese gardeners usually plant them by temples.

Cockscomb is an #EdiblePlant & a pretty #grain alternative. Often consumed in southern #Nigeria, #Benin , #Congo & #Indonesia. Young stems & flowers are #edible. Seeds are also edible are referred to as #pseudocereals.

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Close-up of a hand cradling a large, vibrant cluster of bright magenta-red cockscomb flowers with a fuzzy, textured appearance. The flowers are the focal point, filling the hand and slightly overflowing, contrasting with the pale skin. Green and yellow foliage of the plant is partially visible in the background against a blurred gray background.

I love the massive pink #echinacea #flowers in #PollinatorGarden at #WellandCommunityOrchard 😍
My hand in first photo, for scale.

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Two large pink echinacea flowers. I'm holding one up with my left hand

Gorgeous #dahlias at BC Government House gardens.

These are:
Pink Fascination
Orange Hot Shot
Yellow Mystic Illusion

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Pink "Fascination" dahlia flower. Buds are very dark(almost black) & foliage is dark green

Bright yellow "Mystic Illusion" dahlia flowers. Very dark, almost black foliage, with dark burgundy coloured buds.

#Calendula is an excellent addition to any food or pollinators gardens. It's an amazing multi-purposeful annual plant that is easy to grow. It is #edible, #medicinal & is also a fave flower choice for #NaturalDye makers 😊
It's sometimes called poor man's saffron as it can be substituted for saffron in #culinary recipes. Most British folks call it pot's gold because it's used in broths/soups.

Learn more about how to grow, harvest & use calendula:
https://gardentherapy.ca/grow-calendula/

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Calendula flower, gone to seed.
Feverfew flowers are in the blurred background.

Did you know that despite its name - #JapaneseAnemone - that this pretty #perennial #plant isn't actually from Japan?
It was introduced there, hundreds of years ago & became naturalized. It is actually native to China, #Taiwan & #Vietnam.
It's been cultivated in gardens, worldwide.

Hundreds of years ago, a form of E. hupehensis with smaller, semi-double flowers & pink sepals escaped cultivation and spread across #China to #Japan & #Korea. After finding this form in a #Shanghai graveyard in 1843, the plant explorer/ #botanist Robert Fortune sent it home to England where it became known as E. japonica, the Japanese anemone. European #horticulturists crossed the Japanese anemone with E. vitifolia to produce #cultivars of the artificial hybrid E. × hybrida.

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A pink Japanese anemone flower.
Pink whorls of sepals with yellow stamens on tall upright stalks.

#Marjoram flowers, going to seed.

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Marjoram plant & flowers.
Pink-mauve, two-lipped flowers with oval pointed leaves.

#HollyhockMallow aka #GreaterMuskMallow flowers.

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#CrimsonSkyRose is a sister seedling of Red Eden in a stunning, bright #red vermilion to fire engine red color. She has a mild, apple #fragrance. Her blooms will average around 26-40 petals & grow in small clusters.

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#PiñataRoses produces golden yellow blooms with 28+ petals edged in orange, red & sometimes pink. She grows very well on a fence or trellis. This continual blooming, climbing rose #plant has medium, glossy green foliage. Piñata brings vibrant splashes of color to gardens & has strong #DiseaseResistance to ensure she blooms for many years.

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Stormy Weather is a beautiful #ClimberRose with large dark purple blooms & centers with golden-yellow stamens. As she ages, her colour fades to a gentle lavender. These cupped to flat blooms are produced in clusters & emit a spicy #fragrance. Stormy Weather will show more purple-blue tones in cooler weather.

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Close up of purple rose with yellow stamens

Cluster of purple roses with yellow stamens

Purple rose with multiple rose buds, background is blue skies with scattered white clouds.

#DouglasAster #flowers are very pretty & attract lots of #pollinators.

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Several purple, daisy-like flowers on Douglas aster plants.

#SilentSunday

#Nature finds a way through man-made barriers.

#Pink #rugosa #roses bursting through black chainlink fence.

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#Echinacea aka #Coneflower
#Lavender
#HummingbirdSage & #Catnip #mint.

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Pink echinacea flower in early bloom. Straight on shot with a bud in background.

Hummingbird sage & catnip mint growing together.

Hummingbird #Sage.
#Crocosima Lucifer.
#DeadPurpleNettle
#Catnip #Mint.

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Hummingbird bird sage plants & pink purple flowers.

My left hand with dead purple nettle plant & pink flowers.

Catnip mint plants & their small purple flowers.

#Hardhack aka #RoseSpirea - #SpiraeaDouglasii

#NativePlant in #PacificNorthwest regions. We've used this plant at several habitat/ecological restoration areas - across Southern #VancouverIsland. It is an excellent plant for riparian revegetation & pollinators love their bright pink, tiny flowers too.

#PNW #Indigenous peoples use the plant for making brooms & for hanging seafood to cook.

It grows in almost any soil conditions, even very dry & gravelly soil but prefers boggy/wet areas.

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Hardhack plant with spire of tiny, pink flower clusters.

Moonshine Yarrow.
Pink Yarrow.

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Bright yellow, moonshine yarrow flowers.

#BlackEyedSusan on parade.
We grow a lot of them! Mostly in pots so we can control them better.

It's the #StateFlower of #Maryland.

The #Ojibwa #Indigenous peoples used it as a #poultice for snake bites & to make an infusion for treating colds and worms in children.

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Black eyed Susan flower, in full bloom - with a few petals dropped/missing.

I wait, patiently, every Summer, for my #purple #liatris flowers to bloom. They started blooming, this weekend 😍

What's unique & interesting about liatris?

Their flowers bloom downwards & not upwards, like most other flowering perennial plants.
They're also food plants for larvae of some #Lepidoptera species including the #Flower #Moths #SchiniaGloriosa & #SchiniaSanguinea - both feed exclusively on liatris plants.

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