Purple cone flowers

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Someone saw birds selecting seeds from a row of purple cone flowers last year and thought it would be great to plant them in the garden. Why attract only butterflies and bees with flowers. Why not plant to draw birds as well?

I got a shot of this flower bed in front of a public building, with its combination of cone flowers, daylilies, and yellow daisies.

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Harvee said…
Planted some cone flowers and hope they will come up again next year.
August 27, 2013 at 9:42 PM
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