Bloom Day August 2010

The past couple of weeks have seen a slight rebound in growth and blooms in the garden despite the continued above average temps. The most evident(and one of the most prevalent in LWG) bloom has been from the salvias.

Cherry Chief



Salvia chamedryoides, Blue oak Sage



S. greggii~ white



S. greggii~ Bright Pink



Even the shy flowering 'Diane' with S. uliginosa, Bog Sage



S. farinacea 'Henry Duelberg' peeking out over thyme and a floppy stem of Euphorbia corolata



Then there's the Budleias- lindleyana




and 'Potter's Purple'



My first Mexican Petunia bloom of the year...



...and the second place price for rooting thru the pot and growing in the wrong place goes to Crape Myrtle 'Natchez' as seen blooming here with the lovely princess Meike.



I hope you are enjoying lots of blooms in your garden this August. Visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens for more Bloom Day posts.

Bloom Day ~ July 2010

I nearly missed posting yet another bloom day so I decided to be a purist and post just these 5 images of blooms taken this morning before leaving for work( for the sake of brevity if nothing else).

The ants are happily pollenating the Pineapple Lily~ this is Eucomis comosa I believe. If it's a named selection I've forgotten the name.



Reliable Hibiscus 'Red Flyer' has just started blooming this week. It's not as tall as I've seen it but I'm grateful it's bloomimg at all.



Phlox paniculata has not taken off in my garden so I was delighted to find this one stalk lagging behind and giving new flowers.



I have a couple of blooms from my Sweetbay rugosa.



and the Daylily star of the day was Cindy's seedling.



The weather has been brutally hot and way too dry for the garden to look good as a whole but the beauty of blogging is that you don't have to see all of that:) For more eye candy visit our hostess at May Dreams Garden where you'll find links to gardens around the world.

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day~ May 2010

This month's GBBD finds the garden parched. Some plants have gone on strike while a few stalwarts keep keeping on. My garden is high and dry and I haven't used the sprinkler at all so far this year. I was pleasantly surprised to see some daylily scapes have appeared also. If we don't get rain soon it will really put a damper on daylily season:(

And the bunny says...




I've gotten only two new plants this Spring~ Pineapple Sage and
'Diamond Frost' Euphorbia. I just love the airy & delicate blooms plus it'll take some abuse.


A short Nigella next to a Sedum whose name I've forgotten


Arachnid camouflage at work on the Blanket Flower


The second generation of this Sweet William is all white. I had never grown this before last year. All of my dianthus have born single blooms per stem.


There are a few holdouts on the last Siberian clump.


Salvia 'San Carlos Festival' is blooming in one location but not others.


I have a couple of variations of Larkspur blooming. Peak bloom hasn't come yet:)



Rudbeckia triloba blooms somewhere in the garden the whole season.


Lychnis coronaria with Asclepias tuberosa in the center getting ready to bloom. I need to pull all of the Lychnis very soon~ it has reached critical mass here and must be stopped. It even grows in the lawn!


My azaleas always wait until May to bloom. These were planted as foundation shrubs by the builder and I would love to replace them one day~ this photo is flattering.


Salvia 'Christine Yeo' is not a heavy bloomer but I like the overall habit of the plant.


Viburnum bracteatum 'Emerald Luster' ~ it bears repeating that if you want a full sun Viburnum in the south then this one is worth tracking down.


Open flowers on my one and only Knifophia bloom:)I hope that this clump will be a sleep/leap one for me.


Happy garden Blogger's Bloom Day to all of you! To see what's blooming in gardens all around the world visitMay Dreams Gardens.

Bloom Day~ March 2010

I'm very happy to be participating once again in the Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. I don't have many different blooms but I'll gladly share them. We've had some great mild days and the garden is coming alive again~ like Phoenix rising from the ashes since I haven't finished Spring cleaning yet.

Helleborus foetidus is still sporting her green bells with raspberry trim. The foliage is a beautiful contrasting dark green. This is not your typical cottage garden plant but I find it beautiful nonetheless.



The foliage can be seen in this photo.




This Forsythia was grown from cuttings from the bush that has grown at my Mom's house since sometime in the 1970's. Forsythia is very easy to root from softwood cuttings- probably the reason for a fellow garden blogger's "Hedge". This first photo is of the handsome fall foliage.





Can't you just feel how beautiful it was on Saturday?





The hybrid hellebore has made its grand opening. This is a passalong and probably not a named cultivar or strain~ if so I'm unaware of it. I do like the dramatic dark mauve blooms.







To see what's blooming in gardens near and far visit Carol at
May Dreams Gardens.

October 2009 Bloom Day

Being a newbie to garden blogging I completely forgot that the 15th of every month is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Had I remembered it this post would certainly have been made earlier in the day since none of these pics were taken this dreary, drizzly morning. All are still in bloom along with hopefully a couple of other late bloomers that I have been waiting for.

Just coming into bloom is Chrysanthemum 'Single Apricot Korean'



This Salvia farinacea is one of my first self sown babies from 'Henry Duelberg'. Henry's still alive but needs to be saved from some Mother of Thyme that has completely engulfed him.



This Brugmansia is still going. I'm guessing this is 'Frosty Pink' but haven't really investigated.



Salvia 'Indigo Spires'



Georgia aster with sleeping bee



Another brug that blooms later with a more pendant bloom habit- also a passalong with no id.



Salvia chamaedryoides, Blue Oak Sage



Aromatic aster- a volunteer.



These big box mums have been in my garden for several years.



Swamp Sunflower- Helianthus angustifolius



To see what's blooming in other gardens visit Carol at
May Dreams Gardens.