Yesterday was the warmest we've had this summer. with temperatures in the mid 90's. For us, this is very hot as our summer temperatures here on the Puget Sound usually stay in the seventies. I reveled in both the heat and having an entire day to do nothing but work in the garden. What a perfect day to play in the water - cleaning the pond, hosing the muck out of the pond filter, doing a little pressure washing. During the night, the marine layer, nature's air conditioner, blew in and it's now a cool 58 degrees. Since I'm spending more time outside than in recently, today's flowers get to stay out there too.
Sinocalycanthus chinensis is a Chinese cousin of our native Calycanthus floridus or Sweetshrub. Love these flowers which actually have more of a delicate pink cast to them with the yellow in the center being a bit more of a butter yellow.
The Chinese Sweetshrub flowers were joined by a fallen begonia too pretty to just throw into the flower bed (my brand of lazy composting) just yet.
Sinocalycanthus chinensis is a Chinese cousin of our native Calycanthus floridus or Sweetshrub. Love these flowers which actually have more of a delicate pink cast to them with the yellow in the center being a bit more of a butter yellow.
The Chinese Sweetshrub flowers were joined by a fallen begonia too pretty to just throw into the flower bed (my brand of lazy composting) just yet.
The three are floating in a birdbath and being admired by Mr. Frog.
Many thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting IAVOM.
