The Beat Goes On...

The wildflowers are maturing quickly. Summer is short in the Rockies, so they need to grow fast, spread their seeds and die before the snow falls. 

Remember that tall weed that I commented on a few days back? It's grown even more and now it has a long stem of flowerets.  

While the bloom is not pretty, it must be sweet as it's covered with ants. The perfect plant for a wildflower garden!

The coneflower is almost at full bloom. There are a few more rows that need to blossom, but you can see where it has already bloomed.   

The asters are having a grand time. They are all over the garden showing off their pretty lavender and yellow faces.   

But the lupine is starting to go to seed. See the tiny pea pods. Each is filled with 3 or 4 tiny seeds that insure there is another generation of lupine in the garden.