These are in the "I have no idea" category

Hi:

Any idea as to the identity of the flowers below (species and variety?).

The first two were photographed the third week of May. The third bloomed in August. The fourth at the beginning of June; the fifth at the end of June.

Thanks,
Michelle

 

#1 is Perennial Cornflower (Centaurea montana)
#2 is a broom (Cytisus), not sure which (it isn't Common Broom C. scoparius)
#3 is a Lathyrus species
#4 is Bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

 

Broom is one of many garden hybrids. Pea looks like perennial pea (Lathyrus latifolius).

 

#5 may be a celosia. Looks a lot like this one:
http://www.botanypictures.com/plantimages/celosia%20argentea%20'plumosa'%2001celosia%20plumosa%20(pluimhanekam).jpg

 

Picture #5 looks like Celosia spicata, or wheat celosia.

 

What kind of camera did you use to photograph? The photos look professional. Beautiful flowers...

 

I use a Nikon D70S. If you want to see what I've done with some of the flowers I photographed, go to www.mademers.com (I've just launched it) and click on Floral Fabrications.

Cheers,
Michelle

 

Believe it or not, I was going to guess a Nikon SLR.