Coneflowers

One of the pleasures of the late season garden is seeing the coneflowers  blooming.

I usually refer to them by their 'real' name echinacea.

One of the reasons I have so many of them is that they bring the butterflies and humming

birds to the garden in abundance.

I like them white, and I like them pink!

They mix so perfectly in the border.

So easy to grow.

I like them single, and I like them double.

This one below is called 'Double Decker'.
(must have been a guy who named it)

This is a photo from about 10 days ago before it put on its second deck.

pretty enough...

 but look at it now!!!!!!

 Kind of a boring name for such a show-off!

Don't you think?

 They look so different with their party hats on.

And yet there's something to be said for plain and simple.

This guy likes them just fine!

The bees and butterflies love them now and they

 will feed the birds long after the bloom has faded.

I'm loving the late Summer garden.
So much color and texture that it makes me think it's my favorite time
in the garden.
Oops...I think I said that when the peonies were in bloom.