Another quick “Storm Survivor” pictorial post. This one is of my garden zinnias, which held up quite well to the wind and hail storm of July 18, with only a battered leaf here and there.
According to Wikipedia, zinnia are popular flowering plants with varied habits, allowing for uses in several parts of a garden, and their tendency to attract butterflies and hummingbirds is seen as desirable. I’d never grown them or thought much about them until this year., when my Mother brought a packet of seeds when she visited this spring. She planted them in a corner of the garden, and they’ve taken off. Check out these photos I took after a summer rain on July 23:
