I WENT TO THE GARDEN CENTER

I have been looking at our garden again, seeing what I can find to attract bees and butterflies.  A few days ago we visited a nearby garden center.  

I found the pretty frame above on my PIP app, the same app as I used for the collage in my previous post.

Not being that knowledgeable about such things, all I had to do was look at what they had in stock, and which flowers attracted the most bees.  However, I only bought one plant, a coneflower in a deep orange, almost red color, still to be planted at the side of the house where it will get plenty of sun.  

This is called a Pincushion Flower - Scabiosa columbaria - 'Butterfly Blue'.

I also took photos of a lot of other flowers I would like to add eventually.  It is a lovely place and fun to browse around, I will be going again soon.  The pretty flower below is the same photo as the top one in the frame, cropped.

Gaillardia - Blanket Flower

This is Agastache - 'Black Adder'.

Coneflowers

The Blanket Flower again.

I either forgot to or didn't see an ID on these.  At first I thought they were Ox Eye Daisies.  Noticing the yellow tinge on the leaves I looked on line.  The nearest I came to identifying them was a Banana Cream Shasta Daisy?

Because I am very happy with the quality of photos from my phone (and sometimes my iPAD), I didn't bother buying a point and shoot camera when my last one stopped working.  Most of the photos I take now are with my phone, unless I need the other one with the zoom lens when I am trying to take photos of birds and other wildlife.   

I have a few more photos from here, but as they are of a different theme I will share them next time.