Hi you all! I am currently out of town but on my way out I was able to really enjoy my 'Sheffield Pink' mums. What a joy they are! During sunny days the large bouquet is literally covered in bees, butterflies, and other insects such as flies and who knows what else. These are wonderful perennials in my garden.
But I noticed something funny about my clump of Sheffields. This yellow Sheffield is not a normal Sheffield Pink. At first I thought perhaps it was another flower that had gotten mixed in with the Sheffield Pinks. When I traced the stem it was not separate at all! In fact, the same stem had regular Sheffield pink mums on it as well. How weird is that?
It is not that I don't like the new yellow 'Sheffield's mums but find it really strange that the flowers changed from the above to....
this really pretty yellow. Not only are these flowers very yellow but they have more petals are are a little bit smaller in size. Has anyone experienced this before? I had meant to snip off the yellow flowers and stick them in the some soil so that I could grow a whole new plant of yellow Sheffields, but I did not have a chance. Maybe I'll ask Farmer Fix-it and see if he'll help me out.
Speaking of Sheffies, look at the view my gray cat named Cloud recently had while Deacon was outside with me. I am not sure what was so interesting to Deacon, the big black lab, but he seemed pretty intent while Cloud simply watched from his regal position safely on the other side of the Sheffields.....
in the garden....
