I'm embracing my inner flower floozie and posting an addendum to my lengthy
mid-May Bloom Day post with photos of flowers that have made an appearance since that date. Some of these may still be here when next month's Bloom Day rolls around but not all and I can't deny them the opportunity to strut their stuff.
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| The parade of Agapanthus blooms has begun! |
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| Arthropodium cirratum (aka Renga Lily) has begun producing sprays of flowers in all the dry shade areas of my garden |
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| This Echinopsis oxygona (aka Easter lily cactus and night-blooming hedge-hogs cactus) is looking a little yellowish despite the feeding I gave it last month but it's still producing blooms |
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| I inherited this noID Knipfofia with the garden. This is the first and only bloom I can remember it producing in 8 years. |
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| Last July's horrific heatwave sent the Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) covering the back slope into retreat but our winter rains have brought it back. I'm having a hard time keeping it under control. |
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| Melaleuca thymifolia has an extraordinarily complex flower that's also very difficult to photograph |
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| The Matilija poppies (Romneya coulteri) believe that summer has arrived whether the temperatures indicate that or not |
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| I won this David Austin rose, 'Lady Emma Hamilton', in the DC Garden Bloggers' Fling in June 2017. The rose was shipped to me in March 2018 but the plant and its first blooms were incinerated in last summer's heat. Although the plant's still small and it's only produced a handful of buds, things are looking better this year. |
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| Rosa 'Medallion', inherited with the garden, is currently producing its first flowers of the season too |
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| The unusual flowers of Sideritis cypria are opening. Last year they appeared in April but didn't hang around long. The tiny flowers filling the cupped calyces will turn yellow as the buds mature. |
And, for the record, here's another collage of flowers I managed to skip over in that earlier photo-dense Bloom Day post.
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Top row: Callistemon 'Cane's Hybrid', Campanula portenschlagiana with Pelargonium peltatum, and Feijoa sellowiana
Middle row: Geranium 'Tiny Monster', Hebe 'Wiri Blush', and Melinus nerviglumis (aka ruby grass)
Bottom row: Pelargonium 'Tweedle Dee', Salvia 'Mystic Spires', and Trachelospermum jasminoides |
Memorial Day is the unofficial kick-off to summer in the US but weather reports for the holiday weekend are decidedly mixed. In my area of coastal Southern California, we're still cooler than usual for this time of year and there's even yet another chance for a rainstorm over the weekend. Whatever the weather or your plans, best wishes for an enjoyable weekend!
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