July is going way too fast for me. Can you believe that it's the 15th, Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, again already? On the 15th of each month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts GBBD. Thanks Carol! Be sure to visit her blog to see blooms from around the world!
Here are some of the blooms catching my eye in my garden:
Brugmansia 'Snowbank' has leaves edged in white and sweet blooms that emerge white, slowly aging to light peach.
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As does Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi'
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Hydrangea 'Harlequin' which was turned pink by the grower. I prefer blue but haven't gotten around to changing it back in the years she's been in my garden. Maybe next year...
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Hydrangea quercifolia which, in our recent heat has produced a lovely fragrance that I'd never smelled before.
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Those silly pansies, planted out in October to bloom through the winter but didn't have been blooming since spring. Crazy things.
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Happy GBBD all!
Here are some of the blooms catching my eye in my garden:
Brugmansia 'Snowbank' has leaves edged in white and sweet blooms that emerge white, slowly aging to light peach.
Smells divine at night.
As does Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi'
This is the month of the lilies! Some seem a little early to me. I'm blaming the heat. The cool thing about GBBD is that I can go back and see what was blooming in my garden at this time in years past.
Hydrangea 'Pistachio'
Hydrangea 'Harlequin' which was turned pink by the grower. I prefer blue but haven't gotten around to changing it back in the years she's been in my garden. Maybe next year...
Tuberous begonia.
Trachelospermum jasminoides AKA Confederate Jasmine. Will not be taking this down.
'Fragrant Cloud'
'Calypso'
Rosa Glauca
Fuchsias
Dichroa febrifuga
Alstroemeria 'Sweet Laura'
Abutilon
Clerodendrum trichotomum has become a humming bird battle ground.
Alstroemeria aurea
Begonia boliviensis
Salpiglosis
Hydrangea quercifolia which, in our recent heat has produced a lovely fragrance that I'd never smelled before.
Those silly pansies, planted out in October to bloom through the winter but didn't have been blooming since spring. Crazy things.
Weedy wild sweet peas
Buddleia with a weeping and non invasive habit.
Leycesteria formosa
Albizia julibrissin or Mimosa. Here, they're not invasive.
Gardenia by the back door. Ah, the fragrance!
Crazy neon geranium (pelargonium) that's been blooming all year.
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Not technically a flower, here's some smoke from the smoke tree.
Bunch of stuff.
Crocosmia 'Hell Fire'
Calycanthus 'Hartlage Wine' keeps throwing out blooms. Hope it doesn't think it's dying!
