From this distictive skirt of leaves she lifts her crown from 2-8 feet tall. These crowns are about 4+feet high. You can see in the background that in her court stands the large fragrant David, tall garden phlox. He stands guard near her and makes sure that the air is fully fragrant making non gardeners wonder what is making that lovely smell.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Queen of the Prairie and can't wait to get a hunk of it for your garden its botanical name is Filipendula rubra. Surpisingly, to me, is that she is of the Rose family.
The rest of the Queens court consists of some viburnams, hardy hibiscus, cleome etc. In the forefront of this shot is a new comer to this area a euphorbia called Silver Swan. The swan is so appropriate to the Queens garden since in the past only royals were allowed to have swans in their gardens.As you can see the Queen reigns over quite a wild area which is how we like it. I hope you have enjoyed your tour of the Queen's country. Have an enjoyable day.
