Since we're breathing on June, thought I'd go ahead and start the June blooms thread. We've not done one in quite awhile and I always like to see what's blooming in everyone else's gardens.
Roughleaf Sunflowers (Thanks, Josephine!)
Purple Coneflowers
Daylily 'Cat's Pajamas'
Those are beautiful Stephanie, my roughleaf sunflowers are going strong too.
Verbena Bonariensis
Day Lilly
Coreopsis
Gomphrena
Coral Honeysuckle
Love those roughleaf sunflowers, Stephanie.
A lot of things are a little late this year, I guess due to the cold weather and rain.
Texas Gold Columbine
Salvia Coccinea-Texas Sage
Cone Flowers
Old-fashion vining petunias - lots of these came up everywhere this year
Lamb's Ear - came up in rock driveway
Enjoying all your - soon to be June flowers. I'll share one of these days soon. Keep posting those photo's.
Beautiful flowers Glenna.
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I hope you will show us your flowers soon Anna
frostweed - How could I not share photo's with a comment like that. Though I just posted these same photo's on "What's Blooming 2" thread.
I especially liked that Texas Gold Columbine - oh such a beauty! TX is sure ahead of IL, I have no coneflowers in bloom and very few daylily.
The dog and I have been out for my morning look and here is what I have blooming today. More in the way of cool blue colors today.
Your flowers are gorgeous Anna, such beautiful purples and red too.!!!
brendak654 Anna, IL:
Love those poppies. Here in my part of Texas I plant poppies by September 15 so they can get established before frost. In your cold climate, when do you plant poppy seed?
Very pretty, Brenda!
Thank you - thank you. Yes, I planted the poppies in the fall though I'm not sure they came up until spring. Anyhow - I have lots. I'm hoping next year I can succeed with poppies growing in wild daisies. Anyhow - that sounds pretty.
1 - Shasta (Becky) Daisies just getting started
2 - Garnet Sweet Potato blooms - first time to plant in a tub
3 - Vitex - received this at DG roundup several years ago
4 - Datura - Our big Datura plants died in wet spring of 2015, so happy to see new ones blooming
Oops - forgot the most important one
Gregg's Mistflower - had several butterflies show up yesterday. Not nearly as many as in years past but hope for more soon.
Gorgeous flowers Glenna, I am so glad to see this forum alive again!!
My garden is a wet mess but it has blooms.
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More pretties! I wish my Blue mistflower would start blooming! I think I'm having plant envy.
My Bluemist is not blooming yet either. Not enough sun I guess.
Nothing's quite right in my yard and some plants are dying of mildew and rot.
The same here Cheryl, and with all the shade i have it is a problem.
Sorry to hear about all the wet. The flowers I'm seeing in your pictures sure look PRETTY! It is a little wet for me to be outside working today as I have already been out and got my socks and feet wet. I did manage to cut a few larkspur and try hanging them to dry - will see how that goes. I transplanted some dwarf volunteer marigolds and took a few pictures to share. Then I had to pick of few of the calla lily (the big yellow ones - my favorite).
I'm REALLY enjoying seeing all the butterflies on the mistflower? I'm not familiar with mistflower though I'm guessing it is a type of ageratum?
Oops - forgot the most important one
Gregg's Mistflower - had several butterflies show up yesterday. Not nearly as many as in years past but hope for more soon.
Close ups don't show the mess lol.
Ah, everytime I get a new phone it loads sideways. It does take nice pics though.
Try again.
Rose of Sharon and Coneflowers
Verbena boniarensis
I lost a lot of stuff last year at this time, but so far this year I guess I've had "enough" rain but not too much. Everything appears to be green and healthy. I love it! And love all the photos you've shared. :-)
Carla in Rowlett
My garden is pretty soggy right now. I saw ONE flower head on the blue mistflower! Yay me!
Tiniest zinnia ever!
Roughleaf sunflowers
American Germander in the midst of coneflowers
Any idea what's going on with my goldenrod?
That looks like some kind of fungus on the Goldenrod, I have seen some on mine too.
Thank you, Josephine. I guess I won't worry about it right now.
NOID daylily
A view across the flower bed
Cat's Pajamas daylilies
American Germander
I think I may be begging, but I would love you to save me some of the TX special mistflower seed - I looked it up on Pinterest and WHOA I see what you say about the Monarch's. I also see the foliage is different than ageratum (which is what I was thinking it was). I would gladly seed swap with some orange tassel flower seed later in the year?
Zinnia grandiflora
Cheryl, where do you get all those special natives I can never seem to find them.
Mail order!
I have a pot of Z.g. That looks like some of the transplants might be alive. It's yours if you want it but this plant is the hardest thing to transplant. I'll also likely have some fresh seed this fall. They need very good drainage, sandy soil and a lot of sun.
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All but one is native to TX.
I want to add that this loosestrife cultivar is sterile.
Gorgeous Loosestrife Cheryl, I know it was your Mother's right?
If you have a start of Zinnia grandiflora I would love to have it.
I have a pot for you but it's so not likely to survive! This plant grows so well in my cactus bed and spreads too much but dig up the offshoots and plant them and they die?
Yes my friend sent it all the way from MI when I moved to TX and it is a descendant of my mothers plant.
sounds like time for drainage and permascaping. during the first May rains last year I brought in 6 yards of garden soil and built wales to channel the water and make it soak in where I needed it.
The stuff that doesn't like wet feet I left in pots this year. Rain lily with small marigold, mexican flame vine (I have a start on a 2nd) Dahlia duet, geranium & blue daze, Vitex
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My Wildflowers do best in poor soil, some grow in almost no soil since I have areas that have little to no top soil basically just rock. I have a few raised beds but most of the Wildflowers grow in unamended areas.
Enjoying all the photo's.
Gypsi - Vitex - I have one that is a start off of a larger one (someone gave me). I have had it two years and it is only a foot tall - - hummm, are they really slow growing?
