Garden Pic Wednesday: Bachelar Buttons!

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Garden Pics today:

A Profusion of Bachelor Buttons!
 Sometimes they are called Cornflowers. I've never had such a thick and prosperous bunch!
These I planted last fall from a random leftover box of Wild Flower type seeds and successfully protected them from the December deep freeze. I favor the blue, but they also come in shades of pink and white.


My newest Garden addition:
This green ceramic frog now sits amongst the Golden Creeping Jenny!
I found him at the Dollar Tree.




 

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