The Circle

New things have come into bloom while we were away.

The common but uncommonly beautiful native garden phlox 

(Phlox paniculata) is in full new bloom. The white variety 'David' is eye to eye with me in the circle. Coneflowers are in abundance and the Shasta Daisy 'Becky' (Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky') is in it's first flush.
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=r550

 

Hibiscus moscheutos or crimson eyed rose mallow was blooming along highway 64 at the edge of the marshes when traveling back from Nags Head. The native is white with, wait for it, a crimson eye and it's flowers are smaller than the all crimson variety you see here.

I grew this from seed called 'Disco Belle' many years ago. Amazingly easy. There are many more varieties now but my husband loves this very red splash in the center of the circle.