Not all plants are photogenic and for me that's a good thing because I tend to buy the ones that are for just that reason. And it gets expensive.
Here are two that are currently blooming in my garden. Allium flavum is very different because it's yellow (most are purple). Also fragrant in a nice way, not many alliums or onions can say that. Use Allium flavum in the sunny rock garden, it's only 8" tall with exquisite buds. I bought some Christmas ornaments last year just because they reminded me of these flower buds.
Rusty foxglove is Digitalis ferruginea. A biennial, it takes a few years to get a good stand because you're waiting for seedlings to reach maturity, they flower in their second year. After 4 years I now have lots and I just love it. About 3 feet tall, the flowers have a nice lower lip that's covered in hair, I'm sure to provide a non-skid landing site for visiting pollinators. Bumblebees frequent it the most, but honeybees and lesser bees can be found too. Do not remove the spent flower heads because you need that seed to regenerate plants in order to keep it in your garden. I also find that mulch inhibits germination, don't mulch where you plant biennials, the seeds need light to germinate.
Digitalis prefers a little shade but not so much that it falls over. I have found that a west exposure or a slightly south eastern exposure is best. Since they are highly poisonous, the deer won't eat them, which can also be said of the allium. In fact allium is the only member of the lily family that deer don't eat. Yay!
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