Carolina Gardening: Blooming & Growing in August, 1 by TomH3787

TomH3787 wrote:
X - great closeup of the curcuma! The "fangs" are so cool.

Sigh... even though areas close to me have had flooding rains, in my neighborhood it's been dry, dry, dry. Maybe we'll get some decent rain later tonight?

The crinums are on their way out but the hedychiums are showing some buds. The orange one I posted in last month's thread is still going strong but the others have yet to bloom. I've also had a few more Lycoris squamigera appear - they just show up on their own schedule.

And now for some new pics... first up is Lilum formosanum. I have lots of these; they seem to migrate around the yard via self-seeding. The voles have long since devoured the bulbs where I planted them originally but I have quite a few they haven't found yet. L. formosanum is like a giant Easter lily. It's hard to get a good picture of white flowers with a bright cloudy sky as background but here's my best attempt from today....