Standing Cypress

This is a plant that is not supposed to grow in my garden zone, but I have had it in my garden for years, it self sows, it is a biennial, the first year it is only about an inch tall, thin feathery type leaves, I have to be careful not to hoe up the seedlings, the second year it gets about 6 feet tall and blooms. At one time I had yellow ones also but have not seen a yellow bloom in years.

The Heat is ON

It is still really warm and humid, I guess there were scattered showers last night but we did not get a drop. I just finished watering again.

This plant is Standing Cyress, it is not supposed to grow in zone 4 gardens but I have had it in my garden for a number of years, it is a biennal, the first year it only gets about an inch tall, then the second year it grows to about 5 feet and blooms this time of year, it self seeds. I used to have some yellow ones as well, but for some reason they are all this dark orange/reddish color now.