Hard to believe it’s the middle of September — and Bloom Day again. Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for inviting us all to join her Bloom Day party!
I think these are my new favorite flowers.
They are Blackfoot Daisies, native to Texas and they love the hot sun and dry summers we have here.
These are the newest bloomers almost in the garden — they are Totally Tempted Cuphea — and I’ve never seen any like this. Instead of the traditional purple and red little bat-like faced blooms, they are all hot pink. Don’t even look like bat faces at all without the bi-color. But they have a profusion of blooms and will love the hot spot I want to plant them in.
Mealy Blue Sage
Society Garlics all in a row.
Senna
Cypress Vine taking over again!
Coral Trumpet Vine
Duranta Sapphire
American Beautyberry
Turks Cap
Purslane
One lonely little winecup growing up from the grass that isn’t supposed to be here!
Bulbine
Indigo Spires
Hibiscus
Zinnias
Sweet alyssum
Moss Rose
Crape Myrtle
Little Katie Ruellia
Hibiscus
Euonymous
Plumeria
Wave petunia
Geranium
Hyacinth Bean Vine
Candlestick Tree
Blue Daze
Esperanza
Can you believe — this is a huge primrose jasmine that normally blooms in February! We had a cool spell last night – it must have gotten excited about the promise of better weather.
Trailing Lantana
Black and Blue Salvia
Lantana horrida
Four nerve daisy
Confetti Lantana
Buddleia
Guara
Lantana
Abelia
Texas Gold Lantana
Skullcap
Mexican Bush Sage
Coneflower
Coneflower
Morning Glory
And they aren’t picky about their soil, either. They grow in rocks and crevices and my beds!
They are perennials for the most part — I only lost a few from last year. And the new ones I put in this Spring are spreading like wildfire.
These are the newest bloomers almost in the garden — they are Totally Tempted Cuphea — and I’ve never seen any like this. Instead of the traditional purple and red little bat-like faced blooms, they are all hot pink. Don’t even look like bat faces at all without the bi-color. But they have a profusion of blooms and will love the hot spot I want to plant them in.
Mealy Blue Sage
Society Garlics all in a row.
Senna
Cypress Vine taking over again!
Coral Trumpet Vine
Duranta Sapphire
American Beautyberry
Turks Cap
Purslane
One lonely little winecup growing up from the grass that isn’t supposed to be here!
Bulbine
Indigo Spires
Hibiscus
Zinnias
Sweet alyssum
Moss Rose
Crape Myrtle
Little Katie Ruellia
Hibiscus
Euonymous
Plumeria
Wave petunia
Geranium
Hyacinth Bean Vine
Candlestick Tree
Blue Daze
Esperanza
Can you believe — this is a huge primrose jasmine that normally blooms in February! We had a cool spell last night – it must have gotten excited about the promise of better weather.
Trailing Lantana
Black and Blue Salvia
Lantana horrida
Four nerve daisy
Confetti Lantana
Buddleia
Guara
Lantana
Abelia
Texas Gold Lantana
Skullcap
Mexican Bush Sage
Coneflower
Coneflower
Morning Glory
Thanks for taking the tour!
Gosh you have a lot of blooms! Seems like your garden came through the summer in pretty good shape. I do like those blackfoot daisies, they look like just the kind of flower to fill in all over the garden.
Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
So many flowers, Diana. It’s nice to have this cool front, isn’t it? The garden is looking happier for it too.
I keep meaning to get a black foot daisy. I think they smell like wild honey.
Diana,
What a prolific garden! Your yard must be huge…we need to get together – I’ll email you offline. Gorgeous pics, Diana, good job.
Robin
Wow!great plant collection;o} great photos too …
D
Carol – I do have lots of blooms, but most of them have been around all summer long — not much new here right now. I can’t wait to see something for the Fall.
Pam – I love this weather. I could live without yesterday’s wind, but the cooler temps are great.
Debbi – I never smelled my blackfoot daisy – I’m gonna head outside right now and stick my nose in them!
Robin — that sounds great. It’ll give me a reason to pull some weeds!
You have a profusion of blooms Diana. I love those cuphreas but they are annuals for me as well as several others you mentioned. My cypress vine was ripped out of the ground by Ike winds. I don’t know if it will be able to live to set seed for next year. I will have to wait to see.
Lisa – as invasive as those Cypress vines are here, I’d know they’d be back. I’ve been picking those little suckers out of the ground since May trying to keep them from getting a foothold yards away from where I planted them last year!!!
What a variety of colors and flowers you have, Diana – both native and garden plants. And you manage to get plants to bloom that died under my care! The local nurseries must love you LOL.
Have fun with the new plants,
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Thanks Dinzie – I have a great weed collection, too!
Annie – My aching back and I are just coming in from planting those little Cupheas and from pulling weeds and pruning. So many weeds, so little time!!!
Great parade of blooms! I see you also have Callicarpa. I think I’m in love. I also really like the Senna. It’s uncommon, but such a pure color.
MMD – I like the Senna, too. Unfortunately, my tree is very sad on one side. I’m waiting till next year to see if it’s serious or just the heat of the summer. Cross your fingers for me!