Phase Pink

I blame my daughter, the pink-obsessed five year old, for putting me on to the joys of pink! 

Agastache 'Sweet Lili'

Salvia 'Sensation'

Salvia 'Angel Wings'

Salvia 'Navajo Rose'

Salvia 'Raspberry Royal'

Dianthus 'Nola'

And Anthemis tinctoria 'EC Buxton,' which is not pink, for luck! 

This autumn's obsessions

I have recently been obsessing over (reading about, buying, planting...) Penstemons of all varieties, Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate cosmos), Nepeta spp., Salvia spp (including, but not limited to, Salvia leucantha, Salvia nemerosa, and Salvia discolor), Agastache spp, Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage). I seem to be creating a perfect hummingbird-attracting backyard; shame we live on the wrong continent. Let's hope honeyeaters will enjoy these plants just as much. 

Pictured below are  just a few of my newest acquisitions. I might have bought out most of Adelaide of the supply of smaller (read: cheaper) Chocolate Cosmos... 

Edit: forgive the strange bold/not-bolded text. Sometimes technology will not cooperate with me. 

Salvias and Agastache

Today's inspiration cones from the Adelaide Rose Trial Gardens, which we whipped through in the 15 minutes before our parking ticket was due to expire this afternoon. 

Gorgeous Salvias and Agastache shimmering in the light, and cementing my determination to plant loads of these in our back garden.