Mexican Sunflower
Moss Roses
Cardinal Vine, Geranium, & Morning Glories
Mexican Sunflower with a friend
Loofah flower w/friend
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August Flowers
More Loofah
Japanese Morning Glories
Geraniums & Butterfly Pea vine
Fuchsia Four O'Clocks (Sorry, it wasn't 4:00!)
Yarrow??? (Help!)
Beautiful and so bright and vivid!
Sorry, I tried to figure out how to rotate the photos but I still haven't a clue. "Edit" on DG only gives me wording options & they show upright on my computer before posting.
You have to edit and rotate using your photo software before uploading. Edit on DG is just to change text.
Thank you, Stephanie. They show upright on my computer before I post them but show up rotated on DG. I'll keep trying.
So much color and brightness. Love the Cardinal Vine Sweetmom.....and Loofah....who knew it grew a flower like that.
Stephanie - your yard is beautiful as always
So fellow Texans - my DH and I are looking for other flowers to put in....something that blooms from spring to frost. Any suggestions?
This first two is the Datura I planted from seed this year. It went from bud to flower so fast.
Canna - Burning Ember
morganc- That Datura looks like a work of art!
I can highly recommend the Loofah for a spot that needs a big vine and no care. It has huge, single hibiscus-like flowers, plus you get lots of loofahs to share. I should have thousands of seeds by Winter, if anyone wants some, just let me know.
Thank you sweetmom - I think most flowers look like works of art! And YES I would like some seeds, I'll D-mail my info to you. So what do the loofahs look like?
I would like a loofah vine next yr. Can you save me some seed, too?
Here are some photos I promised. Queen's Wreath, Esperanza, Elderberry, Firespike and Duranta White.
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Very nice plants indeed.!!
So pretty steadycam!
I should have more than enough Loofah seeds for everyone;just Dmail me your adresses.
Rowlett got 2-1/2" night before last and my flowerbeds have exploded with growth and blooms. Hope to get some photos this weekend. RAIN!! In August!!!!!
Carla
Lucky!
This is the first time I've seen one of these ruellias bloom so prolifically! It was so gorgeous and really a nice surprise.
I had 2 monarchs visiting my mistflower this morning. So fun to watch them.
My blackfoot daisy has started blooming again. Love this little plant!
Awesome ruellia! Ive never seen one so full of flowers either. Maybe it was the rain.
I can smell these 4 O'Clocks from 100 feet away. Not sure why no one has tried to bottle this scent!
You are right, they smell wonderful!!
Once when I lived in a apt, I put 5gallon buckets of 4 o'clocks on my stair landing at my door so I could enjoy the fragrance. I had yellow, fuschia and white but none of them had any fragrance. I asked a lot of people why not and no one I talked to had any answers. I tried changing the pH of the soil but that did not fix it. I just charged it to their being in pots but never knew why.
This one is in a big pot but I have others in the ground & they all smell great. Someone gave me some seeds for a salmon colored variety but it had no scent. Maybe it's the variety?
The pink hurricane lilies have started blooming! I'm so happy as I transplanted the bulbs earlier this spring. I didn't know if they'd bloom this year or not.
White Salvia greggii and Esperanza
Gomphrena "Strawberry Fields" and Mealy Blue Sage
A garden visitor between rain showers this afternoon.
Such pretty hurricane lilies!
Does your Salvia greggii bloom in the winter? The USDA plant database says that it does but I don't think I've seen it in winter.
Another wonderful scent in the garden is our Lakeside Jasmine. It bursts into bloom like this 4 to 5 times a year.
Our Cleo Canna
Pink Plumeria
I think your canna has the virus.
What virus?
Google canna virus. I got some cannas in trade and all my cannas eventually succombed. It makes striped leaves, spots of no color on blooms and eventually crinkled foliage. It eventually kills.
I think your cannas are magnificant!!
With the rain and the cooler weather, many of my plants are coming back to life and putting on blooms.
Rock Rose
Rain lilies (& seed pods)
Four Nerve Daisy
Blackfoot Daisy
I got this little Brazilian Red ruellia this spring at the round up. I've so enjoyed it!
Turk's Cap is bright and beautiful as always.
This volunteer lantana horrida continues to do well and bloom. It's not really in a good location, but it's gonna stay in my landscape.
This is an unknown red salvia volunteer. I would like to have more of these, but everything in that bed overtakes these. LOL
The toad lilies have started blooming!!
I thought I would send August off with a bang! This rock penstemon is reblooming and looks like its on fire.
C
Very nice, Cheryl!!
Yes, very nice indeed!!
Giant Swallowtail on Mexican Sunflower, Texas Star Hibiscus & Plumeria
Sweetmommy, do you have dear around your area? and if so do they eat the Texas star hibiscus?
Someone asked me about it, bur we don't have dear in the city, so i don't know, maybe someone does.
Josephine.
Hi Josephine. We do have deer in our area but I rarely see them. I have a couple of Great Pyranees that keep most wild animals away from our house. I don't know if they're deer resistant or not.
Well, it was worth a try, thank you for the response.
garlic chives
purple skullcap (horribly leggy, too little sun?)
I planted 3 celosia to fill in an empty spot and this is how they spread after I cut off the main bloom.
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