Last week was all our white flowers and this week the golden orange hues have caught my eye. As we in Cornwall move into our 5th heatwave and a hosepipe ban, I don’t know how much longer the flowers will last. They have all been going over more quickly than usual already given we have had no real rain since early June, just a smidge of Cornish mizzle last week.
We’ll concentrate our watering, with watering cans, on the food we are growing especially the tomatoes and sweetcorn and hope that the leeks, kale and kalettes will survive. The autumn raspberries are looking very small and really need lots of rain…..and then sun!
Courgette flower
Orange Cosmos
Begonias in a chimney
These were seedlings I was given as volunteer harvest at Community Roots and I didn’t get the name.
California Poppies
Nearly 7′ Sunflower
And today, a very short, sweet poem by Emily Dickinson. I’m not sure that yellow is so rare in nature but like that the sunflower picture gives us blue too.
Nature rarer uses Yellow
Than another Hue.
Saves she all of that for Sunsets
Prodigal of Blue
Jim, over at Garden Ruminations, hosts Six on Saturday. Pop over and in the comments, find so many delightful posts.
Cath Moore
August 11, 2026 at 3:13 am
all lovely specimens
utesmile
August 9, 2026 at 9:42 am
We are in the same boat….. the 5th heatwave and no rain. Our rainwater butts are soon empty. So I use all water from the kitchen, from washing potatoes etc. or the shower water before it gets warm. Every drop counts. I only water what is important for us too like our tomatoes and my Hibiscus. The yellow flower looks like a Rudbeckia. I got a little one from my sister and its flowering the first time now.
Let’s hope there will be rain soon.
mybeautfulthings
August 9, 2026 at 6:24 pm
We use all the kitchen water too but I fear it won’t be enough.
Thank you for the name of the flower. You are right! As soon as I read it I remembered what I was told when I was given them. 🙂
The forecast says rain for us nest weekend but only 2ml. We’ll keep hoping for more for you and for us and for all the farmers.
nrhatch
August 9, 2026 at 6:58 pm
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan and yellow coneflower, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows to 3 feet.
Beth@PlantPostings.com
August 9, 2026 at 12:40 am
Oh, the oranges and yellows are so encouraging! I hope you’ll get some real rain soon. We had a good soaker last weekend, and more is in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Fingers crossed! Thank you for sharing the beautiful blooms and the Dickinson poem. <3
hafong
August 8, 2026 at 7:56 pm
Love the yellows, golds and tangerines. Delicious colours. Not much rain here now either. Our weather has turned cooler overnight. Now I miss the heat.