Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER 2015, 2 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
#1 - Monarda punctata, growing from seeds sowed this spring.

#2 - Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' with some hardy Begonia on its left

#3 - I love this Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant) I got from Sequoia at last fall's swap...growing with Lobelia siphilitica (both blue and white)

#4 - I took this photo to show the purple bloom on the lower left, which emerged from the end of a stem from the Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed) growing in a floating pond planter. Most of its stems broke - I think because a raccoon stepped in the middle of it in the hopes of catching a fish dinner - but by propping them up on the pond edge, I'm getting some flowers anyway.

#5 - Spigelia marilandica is getting another round of blooms! What a nice surprise. This is the first year I'm growing it and I didn't expect it to bloom again this year.

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