Coneflowers

 Monday, July 20, 2026

These came back just now. Don't remember them doing so well last year. 

Coneflowers

These coneflowers are from a neighbor's blooming boulevard. I had a number of them in the backyard as recently as couple of years ago. Last year just one scraggly looking one came back and this year not even that one made it. Not sure why they've had such trouble. I feel so behind on the yard work this year. The summer course I'm taking is making it difficult to do so.

Coneflowers

A few years ago I had three amazing coneflower plants in the backyard. For the last two summers only one has come back and it ain't lookin' so good. I miss them because they were big and beautiful and they attracted lots of butterflies. Anyway, a lot of the coneflowers around the neighborhood are looking way past their peak and are just looking a bit tired.

The top photo shows my sad looking coneflower plant that's tried hard the past couple summers but just never quite made it to its former glory. The bottom photo shows a coneflower plant growing on a neighbor's blooming boulevard. They just don't look as perky when you get to this time of August.

Neighbor's Flowers

A lot of our perennials didn't come back this year. Here are a couple of shots from neighbor's blooming boulevards. Dew point is supposed to be 76 today.