There are pops of vivid rich colors blooming in the back yard, but boy do you have to get up close. They are tiny, tiny plants.
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| Pineleaf penstemon, so red, but so small. |
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| Electric blue penstemon, first blooms. Yellow sulphur buckwheat still going strong. |
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| More pineleaf penstemon in a little more shade. |
There are a couple more pineleaf pnestmons, newer plants, and not blooming yet. I found it takes 3 to 4 years before they settle in and flower.
Yellow Swallowtail columbines are still in flower. It's been cool, and quite cold at night and that has preserved them.