What is in full bloom now? September 1 - September 15 2010

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What is in full bloom/color in your yard now? Help me build our bloom database by sharing what you feel is at it's peak right now.
Pictures are not necessary, but are always very much enjoyed. Snipets of other people's gardens are always a joy, and what a wonderful way to discover new plants that you simply MUST have!

Late starting the thread as usual, but at least this time I had the time to do it myself rather than having Mom do it. Things are slowing down in the garden in my world, but it is also the time of year where some late bloomers remind my why I wouldn't be without them in the garden.

This is a wonderful echi that I would be happy to share if someone wants starts at roundup. It is happily taking over a garden that doesn't get much attention at all.

My hardy fuschias are lovely right now, as are the phlox in my shadier gardens.

A lot of my clematis are making a second showing, and several of my roses are still in their second flush of blooms. The impatiens also start coming into their own about this time of the year for me as well. I love seeing their cheerful little faces mixed in with the greenery....

LOVE that yellow flower. But are you sure it's an echi and not a rudibeckia?

Still waiting for my phlox to bloom. I have one in a pot blooming (figures, I have done nothing for it, barely even watered it) and one in the ground that was planted before we moved here.

One of Julie's is just growing into the loveliest plant but alas no blooms. When it does bloom, tho, it'll be nice! A couple of the others are not growing as well, but HAVE NOT DIED, so there is hope. It has been a really crummy summer here. We're already sun challenged so this constant cloudy/rainy stuff has really made a dif. Even my dahlias, which usually are stunning, are not putting on a very good show. The majority still have not even bloomed!

Gwen, I am undecided if my yellow bloom is an echi or a rudbeckia. It lost it's tag a millenium ago, and I think that it was part of a three color echi mix that I bought, but there is no way to be sure. It has growth habbits/leaves more like the echi as well, but the color/form of the bloom makes me think rudbeckia.

I do have some phlox that are just starting even though quite a few of mine are completely done now, so don't give up hope for blooms totally yet!

I'm going to say Rudbeckia. They are hardier here than Echinacea and that looks a lot like Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm', which is an awesome garden standard.

Rudbeckias are one of my favorites because they're so tough and they bloom so late and for so long!!

My P. paniculata 'David' is blooming and is really high because I put it behind the sword ferns and it wants attention! None of my others has been very spectacular this year, though.

Second leaves and blooms on the Peace rose. It has over 24 buds or blooms now and no black spot.

A wider shot

Yeah for no black spot! They are beautiful!

In the courtyard. The hydranga is so beautiful and so loaded with bloom.

I have quiet a bit of sunburn showing up on the rhodies.

Beautiful. And look at the Cimicifuga. Mine's young yet and not nearly so nice as yours!!

Yes, I can divide it this fall and get four pieces.
My neighbor came over and picked some blooms for a wedding she was doing and they really looked great it the bouquets. And they smell heavenly.

Kathy, you are right, it does look like R. Goldstrum. I agree that the late splash of color and low maintenance is wonderful!

Gorgeous Willow! And I am assuming that the Cimicifuga is the feathery stuff in the hydrangea pic? I was going to ask what it was...it is stunning!

Yes, Julie - also called Actaea!

Willow, how old is it. Is it big enough to divide? I love the look of it with the Hydrangea.

Gorgeous peace rose.

That Peace Rose is amazing. It's the most beautiful rose I have ever seen.

It must be about eight years old. It is growing in what looks like four seperate pieces so it should be easy to divide.

Info on it: Shade plant but it does well against the SW wall in the courtyard. Grows about 4' tall and as wide. Carefree. Smells good. Bees love it. Blooms for 6-8 weeks. Buds and blooms are excellent for arrangements. Beautiful foliage until frost.

Firetail against the barn.

Willow - that sounds awesome. I'll leave it to others to ask as I have a young one that is doing well (so far). I'm excited to see it grow and I didn't know it was going to smell good, so that's a bonus.

Which is the plant that smells good and looks good in bouquets? Is that the cimifuga? Aka firetail?

Gwen -

BH's 'Firetail' is a Persicaria. BH, do you want to trade a little of that for the Persicaria I have? I think it's about the same height, but the leaves are bluish.

The Cimicifuga racemosa is a different plant. Willow was talking, I think, about the Cimicifuga. She had posted a picture of it with her Peace Rose a few posts up in Post #8087934.

Got it. If some of that cimicifuga is going to be at the ru next week, I'll try some! Very pretty. I'm always looking for stuff for bouquets.

last night at NPA we talked about broadleaf evergreens. Someone brought a sample from their garden of a garrya. I fell in love. Don't know why florists aren't using it for their greens. Got to grow me some of that!

Grabbed my camera and walked the yard to just look for the first time in a while--too busy with projects and getting ready for RU.

At any rate, I was surprised at how many additions I cam make to this thread:

Casa Blanca lily.

My lacecap hydrangea now in full bloom

Japanese anenome. (Starts available)

Montbretia. (Starts available, particularly for Azorina)

Does anyone know the differences between montbretia anc crocosmia?

The only dahlia that is blooming for me yet. Cheyenne.

It has been in the ground for a few years and one of the few the varmints havent' destroyed.

My latest phlox. A nice noid purple one-my favorite/

Hardy fuchsia, Double Otto, is just beginning as the liatris are nearly done. Impatiens always add some nice color.

A lime green nicotiana I started from seeds from the seed exchange.

Of course, potted petunias are the only successful ones in my yard.

Clematis "The President" giving a nice second bloom and my variegated impatiens and fibrous begonias now also putting on a show..

Gloriosa daisies.

Persian shield that has overwintered in this pot in the greenhouse for three years, more begonias, some asarina with the P. S. if you can make it out, and a "poor man's orchid" which I also started from seed from the seed exchange.

My honeysuckle has a second, but somewhat livmited, bloom.

Oriental lilies finally out of their pots and now luxuriating in one of the new Tagro beds.

The lantana I also overwinter in the greenhouse.

This time of year, color also comes in some non-blooming plants.

Japanese painted fern and pulmoneria make a good combination.

And, last for now, Japanese hakonechloa grass. Love the color!

Sharon - my understanding is that the terms have been used interchangably for years. I was told at one point that Montbretia was the larger form, but I don't think that's necessarily true.

I read today that Montbretia is the British term.

http://clark.wsu.edu/volunteer/mg/gm_tips/Crocosmia.html

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