Garden Diary

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Photos from my garden in Indiana. Posting daily during the growing season, and weekly from first frost until the snowdrops emerge. My crochet pics are at @threadleafcrochet.bsky.social

An old purple coneflower flower with a spiky, green and orange, artichoke-shaped center and brown, dry ray flowers hanging down.
Light purple, trumpet-shaped prairie petunia flowers.
A dozen black-eyed or brown-eyed Susan flowers.
Two pink Joe Pye weed flower clusters.
The tops of two Canada goldenrod plants silhouetted against a partly cloudy blue sky.
A cluster of purple garden phlox flowers surrounded by Canada goldenrod leaves.
A pair of ripe cherry tomatoes and a wispy white windborne seed of some type.
Fuzzy white culver’s root flower spikes.
A wide photo of a garden with artfully arranged colors and textures.
A culver’s root flower cluster consisting of several white flower spikes pointing upward and curving inward.
Purple hoary vervain flower spikes in the foreground, hot pink poppy mallow flowers behind the vervain, and dwarf threadleaf coreopsis covered in yellow flowers in the background.
Large, light-colored bracket mushrooms on a dark gray garden log.
A cluster of Virginia mountain mint flowers, with open flowers toward the center and buds on the outside.
Two tousled-looking hot pink bee balm flowers.
Probably a squash plant in a garden pot, with a large, half-open yellow flower.
A lot of yellow threadleaf coreopsis flowers.
A comlumbine plant with many seedpods and also a few purple flowers.
An early sunflower flowerbud on the verge of opening and three more still tightly closed.
Ground cherry plants with yellow flowers, photographed from a low angle to show the flowers’ dark centers.
A recently transplanted big-leaved aster in front of a green-tinged stepping stone.
Large, heart-shaped, bright green catalpa leaves covered in raindrops.
A purple coneflower flower partly in direct sunlight and partly in shade.
A large quantity of yellow, umbrella-shaped dill flowers.
A cluster of purple prairie clover flowers. The middle flower is purple on its bottom half with some orange around the middle.
Two chunks of ash lying on a sidewalk and in a garden next to a much smaller wilted pink flower.
A prairie petunia seedling with three sets of leaves.
The tip of a hoary vervain stem with cupped leaves and a developing flowerbud.
A small petunia plant mostly covered by four large white flowers.
Okay maybe not quite a forest. But definitely a thicket.
Poison ivy, velcro plant, and a hackberry sapling all growing in the same spot.
A big-leaved aster plant with five leaves, one of which has bird poop on it. The wildlife are showing zero respect for my big-leaved asters.
Purple prairie clover stems topped with flowerbuds in front of a boulder.
Lanceleaf coreopsis and showy evening primrose in bloom.
A small, recently transplanted Bradbury’s bee balm topped by a purple pompom of a flower.
A flat of white petunias and a flat of orange marigolds waiting to be transplanted.
A wide shot of lanceleaf coreopsis and showy evening primrose in bloom around a garden log
Several stems of purple prairie clover in front of a reddish boulder, with poppy mallow in the background.
A top-down photo of purple Ohio spiderwort flowers.
Two deep yellow coreopsis flowers.
Blooming chives next to a strawberry patch.
A pale pink showy evening primrose flower, and a second, darker pink, partly open flower, over a garden log.
Lacy, white amsonia flowers and even lacier thread-like amsonia foliage.
A large thyme plant in bloom with lots of tiny pale pink flowers.
Three frilly pink dianthus flowers overlapping each other
A close-up photo of an Ohio spiderwort with a purple flower just peeking out.
A leadplant looking quite vigorous and not at all like it had all its branches broken off last season.
A top-down photo of a small snowberry bush with purple-tinged leaves.
A Virginia jumpseed plant in front of a wooden fence with a gap underneath.
A yellow, umbrella-shaped golden alexanders flower, a pink daisy fleabane flower, and several daisy fleabane flowerbuds.
A squirrel standing on all fours on a garden log, facing the camera, with its tail fluffed out and a black walnut in its mouth.
A rattlesnake master plant with three grass-like leaves.
Feathery amsonia stems topped with dark flowerbuds.
A columbine plant with over a dozen showy purple and white flowers.
A sizable patch of woodland sunflower in front of a wooden fence.
Two columbine flower stalks loaded with purple buds and one fancy pink-and-white flower.
A top-down photo of a clump of early sunflower foliage.