Chamomille is a self-seeding plant, and it is in bloom right now. I am dehydrating these little daisy-looking flowers almost every other day. It is a large part of our herbal teas. Every year I witness life springing anew. It is a wonderful part of life to be able to see what looks like dead plants come back to life.
Cosmos is a self-seeding flower that I have learned to fully embrace in our garden design. I pick the perfect place to put an area of plants that naturally re-seed themselves each spring, my workload is decreased by the self-seeder because I don’t have to plant them every earl spring. . I do have to manually weed this area but, I have to weed during the life cycle of any crop we plant.
Iris is a colorful and fragrant part of early spring for us. They just don’t seem to last long enough each year.
Daisies are a pleasure to see. We love the way that the Perennials keep coming back every year.
Both the California (yellow) and Oriental poppies are blooming in a colorful array to be picked and dried to make teas and tinctures. The yellow California poppy blossoms are safe for non-narcotic teas and tinctures.
Poppies are another container of flowers that are picked in the early morning to make tea and tinctures with. You can see the wide range of colors that they bloom in.
The roses are blooming and I collect their blossoms for use in making beauty creams.
Let’s not forget the hollyhocks who have tall and graceful figures in the garden.
There are many other beautiful flowers across the garden. The bees, butterflies, and birds are very happy.