This is a somewhat pink moment in the garden, which makes for a lovely echo of last summer’s Coquette theme. Pink will always be welcome in these parts, especially when the heat begins ramping up and the humidity starts lashing out. There’s something soothing about the softer color palette that pink provides – the same way that blues or purples cool the mind’s eye.
It’s a good place – a pretty place – to pause at the midpoint of a hot day. This is the butterfly weed flower – one that happened to seed itself from some bird or rodent that dropped it into the garden, as I’ve only ever grown the orange version. Magic happens if you let it grow. With that, we fondly remember Coquette…
