07-15-2016—Summer Wildflowers

Grey-head coneflower poking out of blanket flower
Ratibida pinnata
I planted 500 seeds in the winter and only one plant came up, smack in the middle of Gaillardia, which is actually fortuitous as it holds the long stem upright.

Magenta-colored cosmos
I didn't plant any cosmos, but here it is. Probably a stowaway in some other seed mix.

Small flowered, native sunflower
Helianthus annuus from seed collected on roadside.

Tiger lily flower dangling above plant foliage
Not a wildflower, but wanted to throw in photo of Lilium lancifolium (tiger lily), one of my favorite bulbs for shade