We know that pretty soon the blooms will stop and the plants will put everything on hold through the summer.
Let's celebrate that we still have lots of pretty blooms and the plants are still growing and doing OK.
In order: poppy, hibiscus, iris, orchid and dahlia.
Geranium, cactus flower, maybe rat's tail, petunias and portulaca, a little hollyhock.
Nice pics. Whats the blue flower stalk next to hollyhock ?
♡♥♡ the red cactus flower!
The blue flowers are larkspur. They come in a variety of colors. It just happen to have the blue ones in that picture.
Fishie I love that flower too. It is the first time it bloomed.
Very nice!
Clematis
Your pictures, all, makes me want to move south, lol. Beautiful!!
Oops hit send too quick! More clems,rain lilies and one I can't remember the name of..
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Crinum,amaryllis and chocolate flower.
Yep bored this morning. Alstromeria & calla lilly
Gorgeous flowers!
I am so jealous. I have some veggies and a few flowers in my hoop house, but didn't plant any otherwise as I knew I was going to have to make a big mess of my yard. Right now I have a ditch about 5 1/2 ft deep all the way crossed the back yard from the septic tank to the seepage pit. Finally got the new pipe in so hopefully we can start filling it in this weekend. Also tore down a block wall that divided my yard so now have one nice huge backyard. Hopefully in the next week or so we can get the rest of the block foundation from the wall dug out and get the whole yard level again. Also have a very large eucalyptus tree that I want cut down and removed. After all this is done I'm hoping to enlarge the back patio and put some kind of cover over it to give me some shade. Once all is cleaned up I can start planning where I want some new plants. In the mean time I'll just be happy with what I can grow in the hoop house and inside.
thanks for sharing the pics of all your pretty blooms, gives me inspiration on what I might like in my yard when I get ready to plant.
Pam
Marie, it looks to me that the blue flower is chickory. I use to grow them back home and it makes for a very tasty coffee replacement.
None of my crinums bloomed last or this year. I wonder why ? Maybe too much shade ?
One of my Hydrangeas in bloom.
Hollyhock, Fiesta strain.
hollyhock, orange-yellow canna
Nice! I agree - seeing everyone's blooms gives me inspiration
A couple of Fiesta strain hollyhocks. Red dahlia in bloom with lots of other pots, lavender dahlia ready to bloom soon.
Gladiolus 'Blue Lagoon'.
Gorgeous flowers, Everyone!
Found this blooming today.
More glads, 'Black Walnut' (much deeper purple in real life), 'Sun Kissed', 'Fiorentina' & 'Peter Pear'.
Amaryllis
Teucrium, angelita daisy, and a little wild yellow thingy.
Bird sown sunflower
Cordia boissierri
Verbena on the waterfall
Vitex
Desert honeysuckle
Privet
some under plantings
Wow!!
Wow from me too. How do you manage to keep them alive ? I killed all of mine. :O(
I really struggled with them being potted and not sure where to plant them,like there cousins (plumeria) they really enjoy full sun and well drained soil,concrete sand (crushed rock) and manure,i would definitely consider them low maintenance
sonorarat, whats the name of that plant in your posted pic with red/pink flowers?
Desert Rose or Adenium or fat bellies the latter is the common name used here.
Loving all of the blooms! Ya'll have so much variation and interesting plants. Tequila Sunrise is my contribution to early summer blooms. Yes, it is a plumeria. : ) haha! I do not have much else.
Still waiting patiently for my plumies to bloom, in the meantime, here's another NOID glad.
Just gorgeous !
Even with temps reaching 112 I still have lots blooming
amaryllis,crinum ans hibiscus
