I got a new camera earlier this month and started taking photos to test it out. Many of those photos ended up in this post for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, a monthly event hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens.With our morning marine layer still firmly in place, heat hasn't had any effect on the flower power of my garden so there's still a lot of color even though some of my summer bloomers, like the lilies, seem stuck in suspended animation. Reverting to my old format, I'm starting with the garden's stars this June.
Achillea 'Moonshine', leading the summer parade of flowers as usual |
The blue Agapanthus that came with the garden started flowering weeks ago but the white ones are only just getting making an appearance |
I finally managed a decent shot of the flowers of Arthropodium cirratum (aka Renga lilies) |
This Bignonia capreolata (crossvine) on the back slope also came with the garden |
Centaurea 'Silver Feather' has sprawled all over the place but the flowers are pretty |
Dorycnium hirsutum (aka hairy Canary flower, syn Lotus hirsutus) is demure but prolific |
Helichrysum thianschanicum 'Icicles' was looking terrible at the end of last summer. I removed a dead section and it's looking pretty again, at least for now. |
Hymenolepis crithmifolia (aka Coulter bush, syn H. parviflora) |
The first flowers of our Magnolia grandiflorasit at the top of the tree but the new phone nevertheless captured these without a special lens |
Tagetes lemmonii (aka Mexican marigold) |
Of course, I can't ignore the genera that are the backbones of my garden. (Note: All cultivars are listed clockwise from the upper left unless otherwise noted.)
Alstroemeria:'Claire', 'Inca Husky', 'Inca Lucky', 'Inca Sundance', 'Inca Vienna', 'Indian Summer', and noID pink variety |
Left to right: Arctotis 'Large Marge' and 'Pink Sugar' |
Cuphea: 'Honeybells', 'Vermillionaire', and 'Starfire Pink' (latter in wide and close-up shots) |
Gaillardia (aka blanket flowers): 'Arizona Sun', 'Mesa Bright Bicolor', and 'Spin Top Copper Sun' |
Gazania rigens: 'Yellow Flame', noID orange, 'Otomi', noID red-orange, 'White Flame', and 'New Day Yellow' |
The large-flowered Grevillea:'Moonlight', 'Peaches & Cream', and 'Superb'(latter in close-up and wide shots) |
The small-flowered Grevillea:G. alpina x rosmarinifolia, G. 'Poorinda Leane', G. sericea, and G. 'Scarlet Sprite' |
Hemerocallis: 'For Pete's Sake', 'Persian Market', 'Space Coast Sea Shells', 'Strawberry Candy', and 'Spanish Harlem' |
Leucospermum: 'Royal Hawaiian Brandi' (both top shots), 'High Gold', and 'Spider Hybrid' |
Osteospermum: '4D Pink', 'Coral Magic', 'Double Moonglow', and 'Purple Spoon' |
Salvia: S. canariensis var candidissima, S. discolor, S. lanceolata, S. clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' (in wide and closeup shots), and S. 'Mystic Spires' |
There were a few surprises.
Sollya heterophylla (aka bluebell creeper) is finally developing a presence in my back garden |
I discovered an even bigger surprise late yesterday afternoon as I was finalizing this post.
Iris germanica 'Gypsy Lord' had produced a single bloom in late May but it faded quickly and had shown no signs of producing more |
I've collapsed the best of the rest into color collages.
White flowers include: Acanthus mollis, Fuchsia 'Windchimes White', Agonis flexuosa, Pandorea jasminoides, and Trachelospermum jasminoides |
Red flowers include: Daucus carota 'Dara', Fuchsia 'Voodoo', and Lobelia laxiflora |
For more GBBD posts, check Carol's blog at May Dreams Gardens on the 15th of the month.
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