September Bloom Day

A couple of shots from the backyard.

From left to right: Snow on the Prairie (Euphorbia bicolor), Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii), and Pitcher Sage (Salvia azurea).

In this picture are Snow on the Prairie, Flowery Senna (Senna Corymbosa), Bush Sunflower (Simsia calva), Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha), Zexmenia (Zexmenia hispida), and Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea).

June 15, 2009 Bloom Day--A Study in Purple

Lemon Beebalm or Horsemint. Monarda citriodora. This plant is usually around a foot tall in the wild. With no extra care, it gets three to four feet tall in my prairie.

Purple Coneflower. Echinacea purpurea.

Gayfeather. Liatris spicata in the rain garden. This particular variety is not native to Texas. It is native to the eastern US (as close as AR and LA) however these were grown by a bulb company in Holland. In the background and to the right is a native gayfeather that will bloom later in the year.

What are those yellow flowers doing in this study in purple? Those are Cowpen Daisies, Verbensia encelioids. Mixed in with the Cowpen Daisies is Horsemint. In the background are Purple Coneflower, Prairie Verbena, Agastache, and Garden Phlox from my grandmother's garden.

Winecup Callirhoe involucrata

Pink Hyssop Agastache barberi 'Tutti Frutti'. This plant is not as vigorous as in past years. It may be time to let one of the seedlings take over.

Bloom Day April 15, 2009

Just under the wire. Here is a quick post of plants blooming in my garden today.

Clematis. Not sure of the variety.

Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg'

Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa

Granny Grimmets Antique Rose

Chocolate Daisy Berlandier lyrata

From top left corner: Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red', Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg', Compact Texas Sage Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compactum', more Husker Red penstemon, Texas Betony Stachys coccinea, Bronze Fennel Foeniculum vulgare, Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata, Cherokee Sedge Carex cherokeensis, and Hardy Amarylis Hippeastrum x johnsonii

Prairie Verbena Verbena bipinnatifida

Iris. Not sure of the variety.

Pipevine Aristolochia tomentosa

Belated Bloom Day

So, there is this monthly event in the world of garden blogging called Bloom Day. It occurs on the 15th. This will be my first Bloom Day post and, of course, I am a day late. There is not much blooming right now, but since we had a good rain and temps are rising, things should start growing more.


Mexican Buckeye or Texas Buckeye. This one is in a pot and waiting to stretch its roots out in the soil. I have another in the ground, but it is not blooming yet.
This is my Golden Goundsel. This one must be in stress because it has aphids. I sprayed them with a stream of water last week, but a few held on. Ants are milking the aphids.

Ah, the four nerve daisies. They bloom non-stop, all year long. As long as I have them, I will always have at least one bloom on Bloom Day.

Buffalo Currant. This is its third year in my garden and no fruit yet. Maybe this year.

The Texas Betony is beginning to bloom.

Now for the non-Texan residents of the garden. Summer Snowflake.

This is Kerria.

Rosemary.

OK. The calendar is marked for April 15. Maybe I will be on time.