Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, and thanks to Carol at
May Dreams Gardens for hosting. Today, gardeners all over talk about flowers blooming at home. Hop on over there later and check out her lovely garden, and the links to gardens everywhere.
It's so hot around here I can barely stand to go out and take a picture. Temperature-wise, it's no hotter than most of August, and maybe even a tiny bit cooler, but by September 15, I am so tired of heat and humidity. I can hardly wait for the cooler days and cooler colors of fall. But the flowers blooming now are the toughest of the tough, and I'm happy to share them with you.
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| Bougainvillea. Faithful as always. |
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| Coral Vine. Not as good as last year, but still. |
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| Mauve Dancing Ladies Ginger. |
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| Butterfly Ginger -- a great year! |
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| Lantana. Cannot be killed. (Look! No lacebugs!) |
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| Milkweed. Caterpillar damage artfully cropped out. |
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| Oxalis. In the full sun. On the west side. |
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| Passionflowers for the fritillaries. |
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| Pretty pavonia. Not the Peruvian kind! |
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| Pentas. My almost-perennial standby. |
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| Turnera. My favorite in the morning. |
And I'd be remiss if I didn't show you the most prolific blooming groundcover in my entire garden. Yes, there it is. The lovely
Virginia Buttonweed. Sigh!
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| Virginia Buttonweed. Also cannot be killed! |
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Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and don't forget to visit
Carol's site for more flowers.
My buttonweed is not blooming. What is your secret :)
ReplyDeleteJust livin' right, Victor! I'm VERY successful with buttonweed.
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth! Your blooms are very pretty, in spite of the heat and humidity. We grow many of the same varieties here in S FL. Not too many plants can withstand the hot southern sun. I'm enthralled with your mauve dancing ladies ginger. I've never seen it before. FANTASTIC! Your butterfly ginger is very pretty as well. I think you and I are the only two garden bloggers with the Oxalis Charmed Wine. I added mine last year to a semi-shade / late afternoon sun location...it hasn't disappointed me at all. It came through the winter unscathed and blooms almost constantly. I love the color, shape and interest!
ReplyDeleteHappy GBBD!!!
Happy Bloom day to you! I do so like that Coral Vine! The mauve dancing ladies ginger is a so very lovely. Not long before autumn cools up~I am rwady, too. gail
ReplyDeleteThe passion flower is so delicate. I would love to be able to grow them in my garden.Happy Bloom Day.
ReplyDeletealoha elizabeth,
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful garden you have presented to us this september, your color palette of whites, reds and purples are wonderful, i'm a fan of your ginger-its one of my favorites
I would gladly sway you some heat. It is cool here now and we will get very few warm days now. Summer ends abruptly here in southern Ontario.
ReplyDeleteYour Virginia buttonweed is certainly much prettier than the buttonweed we have in Illinois:) Lots of lovely blooms for September; it's certainly been a challenging year for gardeners everywhere, I think. Happy belated Bloom Day!
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