I recently happened on this year-old photo taken on a spring 2008 bike ride to The Leslie Spit. Looking back, it seems I take a lot of photos of tansy there. They’re one of those plants that are sorely overlooked as wasteland weeds but they have such good bones and are often the home of an interesting assortment of critters, at times an ecosystem in themselves.
Lovely shot, and I second the tansy love.
I have a golden tansy (“Isla Gold”) that I am utterly and completely madly in love with. Bought it to attract good bugs and indeed, spotted a ladybug on it this very morning, two years later.
http://ronypony.blogspot.com/2009/05/ode-to-tansy.html
It grows and spreads like crazy (a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it), and also looks fabulous n’ frilly in a vase. Just civilized enough to make the cut, in my opinions, and definitely one of my Top Ten Perennials!
Jennifer: Very nice foliage colour!
Lovely image, Gayla. Really beautiful.
(Hope you had a great Canada day!)