Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2008

Gardening in Texas this summer has been tough. Most of my plants did not perform as they have in the past. I am really going to have to work the soil this fall. Today is a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the upper 70's. I love it and I am looking forward to the fall weather.

Here is a view of my Mexican Bush Sage.

It is large, full, and cheerful.

The best performer in the garden.

Strawberry Globe Amaranth, Pavonia, and the Mexican petunia

that decided this year it would take over a large portion of my walkways. I will definately be weeding some of these out.
More Mexican Petunia!
Obedient plant that is as obedient as my teenager! ha
My one and only gerber daisy bloom all lonely in her pot.
Cosmos from some seeds that I planted this spring.
MORE cosmos with a very interesting color...
Wonderful cinnamon basil
Purple passion vine growing like a beast on my tower! Gotta Love it..
Purple berries are popping up on my american beautyberry.
Yummy for the birdies! Eye candy for me!

I guess from looking at all my blooms the best ones are purple this September.

There are so many more that I didn't not photograph because they look

scraggly.

Here is a list of some of my bloomers that I did not include pix of:

• crepe myrtles
• oleanders
• turks cap
• russian sage
• autumn sedum
• salvia
• zinnia
• red cascade rose
• zephrine rose
• old blush climbing rose
• morning glory
• anicanthus
• pomegranate
• tomatoes
• butterfly bushes
• blue mist flower
• hot lips

I cannot wait for October and Pumpkin time!!

My GBBD Bloom Day Post LATE

Here is my turks cap and lantana blooming happily! Front view of my path.
Black eyed Susan in front of the Maryland Welcome Center. These were spectacular. They are the state flower and they were planted ALL over.
The White House backyard view.

Here it is my garden on Bloom Day. My computer was down on that day. I took a couple of photos of some pretty and then I posted some flowers from my road trip.

Garden Bloggers May Bloom Day

Black eyed Susan ,Gloriosa Daisylarkspur

Pink Guara
Red Salvia Greggi and Yellow Jerusalem sage
Blue Mist Flower
Oxeye daisy

Anthony Waterer Spiraea

Achillea Yarrow
Red Corn Poppy
Broadview of my wild meadow (self seeded)
Coreopsis and Rocket Larkspur

Unknown from seed
Astilbe
Gazania (perennial in my garden 3rd year)
Sundrop(calylophus) with Yarrow



Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena aka. Bachelor Button

Indigo Spires with Red Salvia
Pink Deutzia
Hot Lips Salvia
Autumn Sage Salvia Greggi



Blue Salvia

Pink double bloom Poppy
Rocket Larkspur
Begonia
Torenia
Shasta or Oxeye Daisy

Blooming but not pictured:

Gerber daisy, Snapdragons, french hollyhock, spurge, brazillian verbena, paprika yarrow, pincushion flower, meadow sage, old blush climber rose, red cascade rose,

desert willow, tangerine beauty cross vine, oxalis, primrose, tomatoes, elderberry,

yellow butterfly bush, pinks, and purple verbena.

Budding but not blooming:

texas gold lantana, red lantana, purple coneflower, purple loosestrife(lythrum), zinnia, russian sage, attraction butterfly bush, sunflower, oleander

Everything is later this year for my garden, we had a terrible hailstorm about a month ago that pushed everything to start from scratch growing again. June Bloom day should be spectacular. happy bloom day!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to Carol at May Dream Gardens for bringing gardens from around the world together!

Be sure to visit her blog at http://maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com