I think the squash flowers are among the nicest. It's nice to see some honeybees now.
The Buttercups and Dakota Dessert squashes have a lot of developing fruits now. Especially the Buttercups. The Costata Romanesco is making countless, rapidly growing fruits, and the Saffron yellow summer squash provides a new one each day. Galeux and Fordhook are all male flowers so far.
The sweetpeas are actually pretty nice. I think about 1/3 survived starting from seeds and transplanting, if that many. Then they were slow to take off. But now they look very nice. Across the yard, the red ones also look nice.
The information available on Rudbeckias is confusing. Are the perennials or annuals, and will the bloom the first year from seeds.
I started all of these from seeds, mid-winter.
The Ratibida is also blooming. I grew it the same way as the Rudbeckias. Only one, of six, survived. Moles and feral cats got the others.
If I remember, I'll add the Gallardias which were the first of the seed - started perennials to start blooming.
The Four O'clocks are coming into bloom. I wanted something along the fence that would be vigorous, colorful, cheerful, and low maintenance. These bloom from seeds the first year, then come op from the roots the following years and bloom again.
I noticed the several-years-old four o'clock plant by the house just came up a couple of weeks ago It seems to be growing rapidly and I think it will also be blooming soon.
I think this red one is the nicest.
These are the ones that Fedco in Maine describes as the earliest of the early. They are the first good crop of in-ground grown potatoes for me.
The ones I grew using the container method were a week or two earlier. They roast fine, but in potato salad are a little too chewy for my taste, despite cooking longer. Now to see how these work out.
I think this yield was from about three plants. Not a lot different from container method. These do seem bigger.
