yellow daisies

To my great delight, the lanceolate coreopsis have bloomed this week. They have lovely long individual stems, more or less a foot long; the blooms are each bigger than a silver dollar, the petals have a fringe on them, and the centers are yellow too. Petals and sepals both yellow, so it looks like ten petals...

I got this seed from Fragrant Garden although I hadn't chosen it, a gift. They came up so well in a starter pot that I gave the leftovers to Joe the day I was planting them out; they didn't bloom here last year, their infant year, but were strong plants. His had a little yellow bloom. So their robustness and the lovely look totally surprises me this week.

A simple bunch makes a lovely bouquet, and the fragrance is very light. Looks like I might get bloom for a long time if I keep bringing bunches in.

The (also yellow daisy) leopardbane had just stopped blooming, and then these burst into yellow. Hurrah.