Blooming In June

Tom, Buttered Popcoen has always been my favorite DL, thanks for posting that pic.

We are having a horrible heat wave down here. 90's during the day and high 70's at night. It seems early in the year for that.

Thanks Tom, I've never had problems with Sunray and blazing hot sun .. they can't get enough water or food and the morning sun, afternoon shade rule is dead on. I have an oak tree that shades them all by 2pm est. But the best show starts around the middle of September.

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I think in the fall I will have to look into getting a brug. A lady ion my neighborhood has one, I think that I will ask her for a cutting.

speaking of brugs.... here's mine i kept from freezing back this winter.

bletilla ochracea is still going strong and putting out seed pods like no other

sorry these pictures are bad... they're taken with my phone. this should be a bright neon-y yet pastel yellow.

lord baltimore with his macho foot-wide blooms

his more dainty, female counterpart, lady baltimore.

the plumbago took the winter a lot better this year.

monster lantana that is eating my yard

... but i keep it because i like the flowers.... they are different from most lantana you see

the agapanthus in the back are doing great

pickerel weed

blue star morning glory

Hey, 1cross! Good to have you back again. Hope all is well in your world. Beautiful blossoms there.

This is hydrangea Hortensia azul gloria:

billbergia nuntans bromeliad that i mounted in the crotch of a magnolia is blooming

thanks hemo! its really great to be back!
unknown bromeliad... i overwintered it and it did great... its fixing to bloom too.

Geranium `Rothbury Gem' blooming first time for me:

hymenocallis carolinensis (sooo excited!)

button bush cephalantus (sp?) occidentalis has a lot of these

Hydrangea `Cityline Paris':

This has been outstanding so far this year. FFO for me.

Rudbeckia `Irish Eyes' FFO:

i love that last hydrangea. is it like, dwarf?
cardinal climber, ipomoea something... its just starting to close

dwarf gardenias going strong... the tall ones have already quit.

No, just newly planted last year, mid summer, so it didn't do much last year. Frankly, I have it in a full sun location, so I wasn't sure it would survive and it may still croak, but so far it's thriving. I love that color, though. It's a wow plant, for sure.

hoya carnosa... i think this is a flower forming!

yeah it's pretty intense for a hydrangea
cherokee bean/coral bean. erythrina herbaecea. it was spectacular this year. 8 flower spikes!

One more photo and I'm heading to bed. Worked all day and I'm beat.

Here's a photo of a newly planted border. Please disregard the grass creeping in on the right. It's been raining lots here and I haven't had time to do any weeding.

not a flower, but i love this EE. colocasia affinnis-jenningsii. it is just so different from the rest. unfortunately, it is a late riser, so i thought i had lost it.

a variegated something... i think its a cherry laurel. i just found it while i was weeding and decided to pot it up

this palm tree is finally coming out! after two attempts and three years of waiting!

My first Passiflora! I believe it is P. foetida var. gossypifolia. Waiting on confirmation in the Passiflora forum. I grew 4 from seed I traded for this year.

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That is an OH WOW passi. Gorgeous!

It is .. almost fell down because of it as I was watering this morning .. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and whipped around for a better look and got tangled in the hose!. The bottom of the flower is even prettier!

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Ummmm, your garden is causing you to have a lot of accidents lately. :-)

Lol, getting older is the problem and not paying attention.

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Oh yeah, been there and done that.

Indeed! My problem is I forget there are just some things I shouldn't attempt. I usually remember that when I'm in trouble. The flower was a lot smaller than I expected .. I imagine I'll be just as wowed and surprised as more start blooming.

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that flower is incredible

I wish someone could tell me what species it is.

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