@swincher, I think carrot flowers do count! Very nice! I almost posted an onion flower, which are also quite lovely.
If your area has wild carrots, your seeds may be hybrids of your carrots and the wild ones. Last year I wondered that about lettuce, but plants grown from my saved Black Seeded Simpson were fine.
One of the St John’s worts (Hypericum perforatum, I think). They’re wildflower “weeds” around here and have migrated in from my neighbor’s yard. I’m happy to have them.
And one of my 1 year old Ceanothus americanus seedlings is blooming already! You’d never know the bunnies mowed it to the ground in the fall. In a few years, this bush should be a 3 ft ball covered in these white blooms.
Very beautiful and very sharp pic.
What is that insect on your echinachea?
I’m not sure Mrs G, some native bee species.
Surely is a pretty one! I wonder if they sting?
They do if you are a dog who puts them in your mouth. Ask Zion how she knows 
It is apparently a Bicolor striped sweat bee. Bee with green on thorax and head - Agapostemon virescens - BugGuide.Net
My lavender, a different variety from that of @RichardRoundTree.
And another purple flower, Balloon flowers.
What are the white flowers? The blooms look like mexican tuberose.
Stephanotis, in the jasmine family I believe
These poppies are all over my back yard, and I assumed they were the California poppy since that’s pretty common in Seattle landscapes, but upon closer inspection the seed pods and leaves don’t seem to match:
The closest match I can find online appears to be some rather obscure species from Russia, Papaver popovii:
Does anyone know anything about this species? I was thinking I might collect some seeds for my next batch of bagels but can’t seem to find anything about whether all poppyseeds are edible or only certain species.
edit: There’s one other species (Spanish poppy, P. rupifragum) that looks pretty similar, so not sure which one this is, or if it’s some other species. Never realized how many species of poppy there are until now!
