This season, late July bloom equals that of a normal mid-August... it continues to be very much hotter and drier as we face another triple digit day in the gardens here at Oak Lawn. We are still waiting for one of these rainy days to land in our neighborhood.
It becomes harder to find color to share in the gardens, other than the annuals, but it's not an impossibility... here are today's offerings... Larry
Addendum: after skirting us for several days, we finally got 8/10 of an inch of rain around midnight last night... the world is definitely a brighter place this morning as it is amazing to see how the plants have responded to the "real thing" versus well water! L
Linking with Fishtail Cottage Garden Party and Fertilizer Friday.
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| Cyclamen purpurescens... the most dependable choice for this small corner of the world |
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| Hemerocallis 'Heavenly Beginnings' |
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| A gentle, non-descript daylily from my hybridizing |
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| Hibiscus Lord Baltimore amongst weigelas and heliopsis |
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| Hemerocallis 'Startle' |
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| Althea with Thalictrum rochebrunianum |
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| Petunia 'Vista Silverberry' |
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| Lobularia 'Snow Princess' |
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| Hostas with Verbena bonariensis and begonias from the 'Big' series |
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| an impressionistic image of Streptocarpus and petunias |
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| Orienpet lily 'Black Beauty' |
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| Hemerocallis 'Flight of the Raven' |
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| Elephant ears with self-seeded impatiens just coming into bloom |
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| Hydrangea 'Angel's Blush' |
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| Phlox paniculata 'David' along the birch walk |
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| Supertunia 'Vista Bubblegum', 'Vista Silverberry', and Vista Fuchsia' growing with brugsmansias in cattle tank |
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| Phlox paniculata 'Laura' and annuals |
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| Tie Dye hardy Hibiscus |
