
It's been an unusually wet summer, with abundant rain just when we needed it, and no really hot days so far.
The foxglove are starting to bloom on new plants purchased this spring. The little spots on the inside of the flowers are fairy foot prints, indicating a lot of fairy activity in the garden this year.
The shasta daisies dominate wherever they are.
I took this picture in the early morning, just as the sun was coming up on a beautiful day.
There are also nice clumps of coneflowers here and there.I'm showing these with the shrub clematis, which has been blooming non-stop for quite awhile. Those bell shaped flowers are attracting bees and garden fairies galore.
Out in front, these 'Eenie Meenie' daylilies are just starting to bloom.They are supposed to be rebloomers, but didn't do much reblooming last year, perhaps because it was so dry? We'll see what happens this year.
Another daylily blooming now is 'Strawberry Candy'.I found the tag earlier when I started my project to catalog all the plants in my garden, and thought I no longer had this one. But it has been blooming quite a bit to show me it's still here in the garden.
These 'Endless Summer' hydrangeas love all this rain!Now, that's pink!
I'm also seeing pink in the Zinnias, started from seed in late May.I should also see several shades of purple, white and my favorite, green, zinnia flowers.
Did I mention the garden fairy activity in the garden? I wonder if they are responsible for these double-white columbine?These should not be blooming now, but they are. They are like ghost flowers, reminding me of spring time in the garden.
Finally for those of you who looked at that picture of Shasta Daisies and immediately thought, "she needs to deadhead those spent blooms", I did just that.
I like how my garden is right now. I can tell you it is better to have a lot of rain than to have too little rain.
Comparing notes with last year, I don't have too many new flowers, at least that are blooming this time of year, but I'm happy with what I have, because there are more of them.
But there are a few flowers that were blooming last year, like False Sunflower and Four O'Clocks, that aren't blooming this year because I pulled them out for "conduct unbecoming a well-kept garden".
Here's a more complete list of blooms:
Currently in Bloom
Aquilegia - Double White Columbine
Coreopsis rosea – Pink Thresdleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata – Threadleaf Coreopsis
Thalictrum kiusianum - Dwarf Meadow Rue
Echinacea purpurea – Coneflowers
Helianthus helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine'
Hemerocallis – Daylilies, several varieties
Hosta – un-named varieties, purple flowers
Hosta ‘Pandora’s Box’
Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’
Leucanthemum x superbum – Shasta daisies
Lilium – un-named oriental lilies
Nasturtims - several varieties
Phlox paniculata – Purple, White, and Pink
Platycodon grandiflora - Balloon Flower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan’s
Tagetes – Marigolds
Zinnia – Purple, pink, white, and my favorite, green
Blooms in the vegetable garden
Corn
Cucumbers
Green Beans
Peppers
Spaghetti squash
Tomatoes
Zucchini squash
Blooms hanging on from previous months
Clematis integrifolia ‘Alba’
Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchard'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Alba'
Rose – White Flower Carpet
Spirea japonica ‘Limemound’
Lychnis coronaria - Rose campion
Tradescantia sp. – Spiderwort
Various ground cover sedums
Lamium
In bud
Pardancanda - Candy Lily
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
There are also many blooms in container plantings which I'm too lazy to list, as it would be the same list all summer.
Do you have a garden full of blooms? Join us for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day on the 15th of each month by posting on your blog what’s blooming in your garden, and then leave a comment here so we can find you and visit to see all your pretty flowers.
If you don’t have a blog, feel free to list your blooms in a comment below.
If you have too many blooms to list or not enough time, just go with your top 10 list and join us anyway. And botanical names are strictly optional! All are welcome!
“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Comments
http://remotetreechanger.blogspot.com
/2008/07/bloomday-july.html
I am pretty sure we have your red daylily that I have been reading about.
My July Garden Bloggers Bloom Day Post is here.
Throwing out the Stella d'Oro? Throw it my way please. I love my tiny clump of it and wonder if we are talking about the same dainty little Daylilly.
My Bloom Day post for July is HERE showing some highlights in an otherwise rather bedraggled garden.
Zinnias seem so exotic to me and I have not managed to grow a single one here in the UK. do you have them in many colours?
I like the early morning shot of your daisies a lot - and your daylilies, are so pretty. (I can understand why you let go of the yellow one with such beauties in our garden.)
My post is up too:
http://rosorochris.blogspot.com/
I've just merged my two gardening blogs together, so as from now on, my blog is bilingual. I hope you don't mind.
/Katarina
I hope that the rain has finally stopped to give us a long overdue taste of summer.
Please come and visit me at my bloomday pages for a quick look at what is cheering me up at the moment.
Thank you for giving us the chance to find other festive pages today.
I couldn't find mention of the name of the clematis in front of your echineas. I will have a go at letting a clematis wander through a border. Does it root by layering when you do that?
My Bloom Day Post is up, and I have bent the rules somewhat. I have highlighted what is perhaps my favorite tree. The address is:
http://atidewatergardener.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-bloom-day-city-wide.html
Thanks again for hosting!
Les
I love zinnias, so cheerful. I can't grow them, they seem to like very warm weather, not chilly Irish summers.
The white columbines are beautiful. Yes, things are blooming now that should have finished earlier in the season.
Frances at Faire Garden
http://fairegarden.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-bloom-day-2008-wide-variety.html
Guess I have some flower photos to crop and post later on today! But in the meantime, y'all can click on my name if you'd like to go to my blog.
Thank you, Carol, for hosting GBBD!
My meager report from La Ceiba is:
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day in Honduras
http://transitionalgardener.blogspot.com/
My new slideshow for July is already up and the accompanying post will appear like magic in three and a half hours time :)
Enjoy Blooms Day everyone!
http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=420
My offering for GBBD July is up.
Your strawberry candy daylily is a stunner. We sowed some wild seeds and many zinnias came up. I disliked zinnias at first because the pompom ones which seemed to be very popular and ubiquitous when I first saw zinnias were not to my taste. I have a new appreciation for the plain ones like the one you photographed beautifully. When I looked more closely at the flowers the inner small petals were different than the outer ones giving the flower a more complex look as well. Thanks for hosting GBBD!
It seems like more is blooming this year, but perhaps I just wasn't as thorough listing last year.
My post is up....thank you for hosting
GBBD!
Gail
clay and limestone
Get ready for some real July weather this week.
My GBBD post is up; thanks for hosting--I look forward to this each month!
We've had plenty of rain this summer too which has helped to keep the garden in top shape.
Love your Foxglove and Columbine - gives me ideas for next year!
Here's a link to my GBBD post:
July Garden Tour
Thank you,
Cathy
Here's my post for July on my hydrangeas:
http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2008/07/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-hydrangeas-in.html
I love Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
-Heirloom Gardener
My post is up here.
Thanks and Happy Day to All!
Thanks a bunch.
Oh, my post is up now! Thank heavens you don't require botanical names!! I would never get to post. Half the time I don't even remember what the variety names are of things I plant. Long ago, when I bought huge naturalizing collections of things, which never give you names, I gave up even trying to know everybody's name. I suppose I could make some up!
Kiss of Sun bloom day post is up! Thanks.
My post is up. http://auntdebbisgarden.blogspot.com.
Thanks again. This is so much fun.
My post is up this morning. Thank you for hosting GBBD!
http://cbmvwag.blogspot.com/2008/07/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-july-2008.html
Very intense colors this time.
http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/07/july-is-fullofl.html
The Strawberry Candy daylily is one of my favorites!
My post is up at http://phillipoliver.blogspot.com/
-Randy
You can find my first Bloom Day post here:
http://jandrgardenblog.blogspot.com/
your garden is lovely and I'm so envious of all your rain! We've barely had any, which you will see evident in my poor showing this month:
http://sewbuttons.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/bloom-day-july-2008/
Cheers! Sarah
http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/
My vegetable garden is also full of blooms. Stop by to see my Bloom Day Entry at:
http://nashvilleveggiegarden.blogspot.com/
My july post is up!
http://squirrelchatter.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-2008-garden-bloggers-bloom-day.html
http://back40feet.blogspot.com/2008/07/happy-bloom-day.html
Your garden is looking lovely, I specially like those daisies in the morning light.
Thanks for this wonderful Bloggers Bloom Day around the globe! So fun to peek into other gardens…
http://inconsequentialblogger.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-bloom-day.html
I'm in northeast Ohio, USA.
And your pictures are wonderful, happy bloom day!
Here's mine on GardenRant:
http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2008/07/blumen.html
And on my blog:
http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/454
My post can be found at http://urbanwildplants.blogspot.com/2008/07/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-july-2008.html
Krys
Enjoy the July post: http://intheweedswithguthrie.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-bloom-day.html
Enjoy
have really enjoyed looking at everyone else's loveliness. Thanks for giving me a kick to get out there and realise how many flowers I had!
try here: www.wellylady.blogspot.com
My bloom day post is up just follow the
link here.
My post is up.
My post is at www.victoriasbackyard.co.uk
A verbascum and a hardy hibiscus must have been keeping track of the dates because they burst into bloom just this morning:
http://metaphyta.blogspot.com/2008/07/bloom-day-july-15-2008.html
...plus a few others... really an amazing amount going on in the garden right now, isn't there?
http://davisgardeningadventures.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/gbbd-july-2008/
I love your shasta daisies. I am planting some next spring!
Sam
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Check out my veggie garden blog:
http://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/
http://web.me.com/willsclan/Lola/Bloom_Day_Pics/Bloom_Day_Pics.html
Laura
Here's my entry.
Greens and Jeans Bloom Day
Thanks!
Jan
Always Growing
Quite a few things have bloomed here over the last month...but not the coneflowers yet.
http://talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.com/tales_from_the_microbial_/2008/07/a-late-evening.html
Here is my post:
http://thesuniskillingme.blogspot.com/2008/07/bloom-day-july-15th.html
I like the double white columbine. I hope the plant I got this spring will bloom next spring.
I haven't had a chance to join the bloom day before - and I'm getting in just under the wire. My NC garden photos are at http://mlight.typepad.com/moomin_light/2008/07/garden-bloggers-bloom-day.html
http://www.motherearthsgarden.com/july-garden-bloggers-bloom-day/
here's my link:
www.1quarteracre.blogspot.com
I'm taking this month off - you have more than 80 comments already so my garden won't be missed ;-]
Happy Blooming Day!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Colorado reporting....
http://taddietales.blogspot.com
As always, your garden looks lovely.
Here is my post for this month.
I love that pink zinnia!
My post is up.
You make me want to get to bed so I can see that early morning scene.
Please stop by my site:
http://www.bannersbyricki.com
and click on ricki's blog at the bottom of the page to see what's blooming in my little corner of Portland OR
I love that shot of your daisies at sunrise. It is such a serene image.
Thanks again for doing this. I love Bloom Day.
What a great selection of blooms. I loved the shasta daisy photo. It's great how natural lighting can make the flowers look quiet magical :-D
I'm a bit short on time this month but my post is up too if you would like to visit :-D
--Iris
I agree with you the garden is so much nicer this year with regular rainfall.
My GBBD post is up now!
My regular GBBD entry is here:
http://ewainthegarden.blogspot.com/2008/07/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-july-2008.html
You can see my blooming balcony at http://www.balconygardener.ca/journal/
I'm looking forward now to August Bloom Day!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Thanks so much, Carol. This is such a wonderful idea!
http://huerto-de-altamira.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-blooming-today.html
Journey of Grace and Whimsy. I can't wait for August now:)
My offering is here.
http://web.mac.com/blackpittsgarden/Site_2/July_Flowers_.html
James
http://tinyurl.com/5uws83
from Calgary Zone 3
http://calgarygardencoach.typepad.com/calgarygardencoach/2008/07/whats-blooming-july-12-in-my-calgary-garden-zone-3.html
http://cottagemagpie.com/gardening/blog/blooming-jul08.html
~Angela