Foreground: Buddleja, Black Knight purchased for $3ish dollars from Bunnings around this time last year, it sulked for six months and then capitulated with a spectacular outpouring of blooms a few weeks ago.
Mid: Achillea millefolium, buggered if I can remember which one or where I got it but it has been an absolute trooper, flowering its head off all Summer long.
Background: Sunflower, Evening Sun grown from seed by the small people about two months ago, purchased from Diggers. Spectacluar shades of bronze to orange and repeat flowering, these have made me smile every single time I look at them.
that is just lovely! It's the kind of look I just don't achieve, though I try. Well done!
Posted by: bells | 01/14/2010 at 11:54 PM
Gorgeous photo. Your garden seems to be quite photogenic! Love that Achillea millefolium, looks great between the deep purple and the orangey tones too. :)
Posted by: Christina | 01/15/2010 at 06:54 AM
Beautiful, and so very evocative of a tru summer cottage garden! Budleja can get a bit teenager-ish sometimes, so I find a (very, very) good haircut after flowering makes it flower, and flower, all summer long.
Posted by: Michelle | 01/15/2010 at 10:31 PM
I'm loving your garden photography. Would you consider sharing some of your tips for taking such great photos? I love how you've often got the subject in such sharp focus, but the background blurred. I assume you're using an SLR. Don't think my point-and-shoot camera would do that kind of picture. Any tips greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Phyllis | 01/21/2010 at 04:27 AM
Lovely! Buddlejas are not easy to overwinter here in Stockholm, Sweden. But I love them.
Posted by: malo | 06/24/2010 at 07:47 AM
Lovely colours for this type of garden
Posted by: Topsoil Suppliers | 02/22/2011 at 11:34 PM
Serious work! Deserves respect!
Posted by: Anton | 11/17/2011 at 02:01 AM