September shows a marked decrease in the floral bounty of spring and summer in my garden. The Primula vulgaris are blooming with the cooler temperatures and recent rain, dahlias are going strong but looking a bit tired. Here are a few other things blooming right now.
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Euonymus europaeus. These are seeds, not flowers. E. europaeus 'Red Ace' out in the parking strip isn't quite this far along yet but in a month will be a riot of color.
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Fuchsias will continue blooming until we get a hard freeze. In very mild years, There have been a few blooms at Christmas.
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Variegated New Guinea impatiens. Love the foliage on these and will try keeping a couple in the greenhouse over the winter.
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Garden Blogger's Bloom Day is hosted on the fifteenth of each month by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. To see what's blooming in gardens all over the world you can either go on a world tour or if time doesn't allow, click on over to Carol's blog. It's much less expensive and almost as much fun.
Mahonia gracilipes
Abutilon megapotamicum
Abutilon megapotamicum 'Red'
Euonymus europaeus. These are seeds, not flowers. E. europaeus 'Red Ace' out in the parking strip isn't quite this far along yet but in a month will be a riot of color.
Fuchsias will continue blooming until we get a hard freeze. In very mild years, There have been a few blooms at Christmas.
Tuberous begonia
Brugmansia
Impatiens glandulifera
Begonia boliviensis
Solanum pyracanthum
Bougainvillea
Colchicum
Abutilon something or other.
Variegated New Guinea impatiens. Love the foliage on these and will try keeping a couple in the greenhouse over the winter.
The last rose of summer this year will be 'Fragrant Cloud'
Persicaria amplex. 'Golden Arrow'
Cyclamen hederifolium
Japanese Anemone
Garden Blogger's Bloom Day is hosted on the fifteenth of each month by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. To see what's blooming in gardens all over the world you can either go on a world tour or if time doesn't allow, click on over to Carol's blog. It's much less expensive and almost as much fun.