I found this pretty volunteer Rock Rose blooming. I'm going to transplant this to a better location in the fall.
What's Blooming Mid-July at Your Place?
Maybe it was the rain that spurred on some new blooms.
Rajun Cajun Ruellia
This message was edited Jul 24, 2009 7:08 PM
That's a Ruellia?!? That's so pretty, Anna!
First bloom of Desert Willow that I planted about a year ago
Yes! I moved it to a little more sheltered from the sun location. So far it is well behaved.
I bought one at Marshall Grains at a reasonable price. Great store!
Oh wow, I love the rajun cajun ruella, most of all I wanted that Desert Willow. lol. I saw them out West during vacation, didn't think that they do well here at home in the East.
Red Cascade peeking through dwarf Indigo Spires
Very nice!
You ALL sure have some pretty flowers in bloom!!
Bananna, Is that Desert Willow the Chilopsis linearis? I'm wondering because I just received seeds for it called Orchid of the Desert. Wondering if I can put them in the ground now..... don't want to wait till spring!! LOL
It is Chilopsis linearis.I am not sure about growing it from seed b/c I bought it as a little tree from a Native plant sale (thanks Josephine). I believe people get lots of seedlings from these trees, so possibly yours would be ok. I don't have much luck with seeds, and usually have to try sprouting in pots so I don't forget to water.
Maybe some others will have some better advice.
The Desert Willows that I have propagated have been from cuttings, you could try some of the seed in a pot now, and the rest in Spring.
Josephine.
Thank you for the info. I will do that Josephine ~ thanks!
Lily, I saw that the Desert Willow is also Native to Georgia, your eastern neighbor....that was on the usda.gov site. (can't remember exact name of website) so maybe it will grow for you afterall.
You could also try winter sowing some in a milk jug and seeing if one (or more) will germinate that way. I bet you'd get some saplings!
Oh that is such a great idea, Stephanietx!! I was just talking about winter sowing in milk (or water) jugs on another forum!!
Of course I'm still gonna put some in a pot right now and see what happens :o)
Let us know how it does.
Lily, if you plant Desert Willow make sure it is in a well drained sunny area.... not call Desert W just for fancy. I think you get a lot more rain than we do.
second to last bloom on DL "going bananas"
I saw this in another garden in the neighbourhood last year. The resident gardener had left the tag in the ground so I knew what to look for. And was lucky to find it this spring. It has been blooming since then.
"Diamond Frost" Euphorbia
pink rainlily about to open. They bloom only after it has rained
The other day after the rain I went out to shoot some pics. Our garden is a mix of Perennials, Roses and my passion Tropicals.
I don't know how to upload more than one at a time. Still learning Craigslist!!
What is that pretty flower, cocobid?
Thank You Plumeria
They love Texas heat.
How do you start a photo journal on CL?
Once again beautiful flowers. Nothing blooming here yet but I know there are some blooms to come!!
Those rain lilies are lovely!
Pretty plumeria cocobid! sorry ~ I have no idea how to start a journal on CL tho!
LOL
This is bitterweed. It's going strong growing in very dry clay soil.
My Vavoom rose is blooming - didn't get far into the garden this morning
Gorgeous color !!!!
The first couple of blooms were more yellow, but this is the color I was expecting. Has some blackspot, though.
My baby Turk's Cap put on a bloom the other day! I'm so excited! I got this as a cutting from my dad's neighbor's yard in San Antonio a couple of years ago. I rooted it and it grew in a 1-gal container for a year or so. Then I transplanted it last month when we finished the new flower bed in our backyard.
Very nice Stephanie, I love Turk's cap, did you know they can live as long as 50 years?
I didn't know that about their life span. That's amazing! If that's the case, maybe mine will be here very long after I'm here!
Interesting fact about the Turk's cap Josephine. Have you seen some of the seedpods they produce? Interesting looking little things. I love them too.
Not sure what this is.....in the petunia family I suppose but don't have it anywhere else. Anyone know?
Morning Glory I got as a door prize at the Jacksonville RU one year!
A double blooming Rose of Sharon from Charlene at a RU in Arlington.
Purslane has been strutting it's stuff for a while now.
Very neat Sheila, that Purslane is adorable.
The Petunia looking flower is Wild Petunia, Ruellia nudiflora, a very worthy plant tough and drought resistant, we grow them at the greenhouse, and you should see the roots in a quart pot they can be as long as 5 feet, they are amazing and very pretty too.
They are also a larval host for the Buckeye butterfly.
Josephine.
Josephine, thanks for the rooting instructions. I think I still have some of this stuff from the first time .... that was five or six years ago?lol
You guys have some beautiful plants! I am going to put some of these on my wish list for the next RU. Especially you Banana ;)
Oh my Texas Star is still Alive! ... among all the Golden Rod.
A Ginger blooming ...
Sheila where you get the beautiful Purselanes? I use to buy them every year, haven't seen any lately. Did you know you can eat them?
Thanks Josephine, I was hoping that was what it was. It is in that back section at the end of my yard, so I will have to gather seeds to make sure I have others next year because of the water we sometimes get down there.
Sylvia, thanks; not sure where we got them, but want to say a group that set up ON the parking lot of Ridgmar Mall this year. They closed up now, but they had super prices. Hope they return in the spring. As for eating them...no thanks...plus DH would frown on it, that is one of his deck plants! LOL!
The moss rose and red grass around our flagpole have been very happy with hot and dry conditions. First year for the red grass and have been very surprised at how it has grown.
DNP
Edit: Haven't had enough coffee yet. Uploaded the wrong photo.
This message was edited Jul 27, 2009 6:48 AM
This is the photo I meant to use. Guess it really doesn't make much difference.
DNP
DNP I love that idea of a curcular bed with circular stones! Nice design!