That early morning storm dumped just over 2" at my house this morning. YAHOOOO!!! Hopefully another round will fire up this afternoon and hit the rest of the metroplex.
Carla
Summer Blooms (June Blooms part 2)
I think I got about 1/4"...just enough to settle the dust.
We were blessed with a little as Stephanie said. My rain gauge showed .4, but whatever we got it was loved by all of the stressed out plants!
We got 1/2 inch, but what a blessing that was, everything fresh and cool this morning, of course it is hot out there now, but the plants are looking good, hoping for more tonight.
I am with you in hoping for more tonight. I am sorry so many had damage, the winds and hail can do some.
My Western Ironweed is blooming today.
And the 'strawberries and cream' lily from Patrob (Patricia).
The Glory Bower opened more too. Wish it wasn't invasive, I would put it in the flower beds.
And so is mine, here is a closeup, it is a very deep color this year.
Wow, that one is a deep color this year, beautiful Jo.
Last one is a shrimp plant. I believe this one is either green or is the fruit coctail one. Time will tell, my old brain won't. Enjoy your day everyone.
Something just happened that I didn't know the posting would do. I posted the pic and hit preview and Jo had posted so I went to it and posted a reply forgetting I would loose my post....or so I thought. I saw I had two windows, and sure enought my post was waiting for me to send! Nice.
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Here's my Ironweed!! LOL LOL
Zinnias, self seeded from last year.
Yellow Shrimp plant. I think I'm going to put this in the ground next year.
Red & blue salvia. I'm hoping this is in full bloom for July 4th.
Rudbeckia, from Sheila
The blanketflowers are blooming like crazy
My red shrimp plant from Smock is starting to flower.
The blackberry lilies have started blooming.
Very pretty Stephanie, your Ironweed will be lovely when it opens.
Not blooms but I am so happy I finally got toads to stay in my yard. I built a pond and kidnapped some toads last year but they live here now...
Stephanie...great blooms! We need to swap Blackberry lilies in the spring. I have a solid yellow one I got from PlanoLinda.
Oh, and a funny.....I thought you meant to say black and blue salvia until I opened the photo! LOL!
Hey Newton, I hope your pond is not close to your bedroom window. We had a small pond there before we had the pool put in last year and when it's toad mating season, they are LOUD!! We actually (gently) tossed them into the neighbor's yard (don't tell...) but they made their way back to our pond! One day you will have strings of gooey eggs to watch!
Beautiful flowers everyone. The diversity is incredible. Stephanie, your yard must be huge!
Have a great day tomorrow and do the rain dance... :)
Janet
They are loud but not near the bedroom.
My dogs have a fit trying to find and chase them. They jump in one side and the dogs run around the pond and wait for them to surface. As long as the toads stay in the water or on lily pads it's fine, but in the grass they are doomed.
Dogs usually don't bite a toad more than once because of the poison glands that make them foam at the mouth and experience pain.
I thought there was something yucky about biting into toads!! I used to play with them as a child but never had an inclination to bite into one. One of my fondest memories was getting my mom's mop bucket and meeting my friends in the street at night and collecting a bucket full of toads, then letting them go and watching them hop away! That was when I lived in Houston and Westheimer was a 2 lane road where I lived (Walnut Bend subdivision)!
But I guess this is way off topic. Sorry! Janet
They don't pick them up anymore but they do stomp and paw them, they are terriers...poor toads. I get a few away and toss them back into the pond.
These phlox look good with the pink coneflowers ( not blooming yet, here)
Sharon, that's a John Fannix phlox.
Spoke to my neighbor today. She's going to take some of my willowleaf asters as well as few other things from my garden! LOVE sharing plants!
So if she takes those you have room to come get some of my extras! LOL!
LOL! I gave her some pink skullcap, a rock rose, a mealy blue sage, a cutleaf coneflower and when she's ready, I'm giving her some yellow four o'clocks, coneflowers, and obedient plants.
I am almost afraid to set anything out in this heat. It is brutal. I am repotting a lot of stuff and waiting for cooler temps to put them in direct sun. BTW my pink skullcap and blanket flowers did go in the ground right after RU and is doing great!
I wish I lived close to you, Stephanie! You are very generous!
A few from this morning. Taken with flash before sunrise.
Spicy jatropha
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Blue porterweed
Tropical milkweed
Mexican oleander
Desert Rose
Pentas and coneflower
