Buddleia davidii "Pink Delight," Showing Its Stuff.

A Magnificent Cone, a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

See how nicely the cone-shape flower spike has filled out? If this had "Royal Red"'s fragrance, it would be the finest of the butterfly bushes. I can't seem to stop photographing it! The flower spikes remind me of the cone seashells I was obsessed with when I was a kid. Fortunately, "Pink Delight" will not sting you to death with poisoned barbs if you touch it!

I'm ashamed to admit that we bought another butterfly bush this weekend. Hey, we have a big yard, and for all-summer blooming butterfly bush is "the" invaluable garden plant! So we added "White Profusion" to our collection. XD I can't see us getting any more. We've probably covered every color imaginable with Pink Delight (pink), Petite Plum (purple), Royal Red (red-violet), Ellen's Blue (blue-violet), Miss Ruby (fuchsia), Peach Cobbler (peach) and now White Profusion (obviously, white).

Our most vigorous plant.

Coreopsis, June 2011., a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

We've had this coreopsis for at least ten years. It just won't die! Not that I want it to...

I remember being attracted to coreopsis a.k.a tickseed because during family vacations to Cape Cod I would always see it growing on the edge of sandy paths alongside beach roses and beach plums. It's probably the most drought-tolerant plant we've ever grown. I think it's the state flower of Florida.

There are newer varieties in prettier colors, but they never seem to last as long or have as rounded of a habit.

This plant has survived having cats pee in it regularly. It really is a hardy plant!