This Blue delphinum is starting to bloom.
Late Summer - What do you have blooming?
The cosmos are blooming everwhere. Love it when the sun shines through them.
Found this crazy looking cucumber this morning. He needs to uncurl and stretch out!
Dahlia
Posted this on the Macro forum, but check out the pollen on this bee! He has been working some O.T.
I love my butterfly bush! Funny thing - it was pink, then about three years ago it died in a hard winter. The next year I found a seedling a few feet away. So I moved it to the back yard - now it's purple!
Never had a purple one, no neighbors have any, just a strange occurrence! I saw a real pretty blue one at a garden center last week. Didn't know they came in blue.
I've been following along enjoying everyone's beautiful blooms. I just haven't had a nything new to show, there's a lot blooming just nothing new. Well I finally have one new bloom Clethra Ruby Spice, I wish we had smell-a-vision, they smell absolutely wonderful!
Oh yes and my 3 different types of phlox are coming into their own as well. Here is the wild type of Paniculata, with coneflowers next to it.
My lillies have bortyris?spelling but here is one of my faves Tom Pouce. : )
Okay I'm looking through my pictures and I realize there is more new stuff than I thought! lol - I'll post some more tomorrow : )
Lovely photos. I love the collages. All my roses, some yellow daylilies, several lantana, allysum, moss roses. Pretty much everything that has been blooming since Spring. But the hollyhocks are cut back and the larkspurs pulled up. In their place the cosmos that self seeded are now blooming in orange.
Zinnias have been blooming the last few weeks.
I spread compost in the beds and some squash and canteloupes came up. I let a few stay and am now enjoying eating from the cottage garden. ; )
Canteloupe, catnip blooming (gotta deadhead that!) snapdragons.
This little ageratum quit blooming in the heat at the first of August. I cut it back and after our rains, it is back. Sweet allysum and a rose in this photo too I think!
Another shot with the cosmos and one of my barrels of moss rose (portulaca) They are very good for pots here where we have very dry air.
LOvely cactus patch, I can send my kitty over to deadhead that catnip if you like. He won't leave much plant left for you though lol. ; )
cactuspatch - I'm assuming you don't have cats, because of the size of that catnip!
A little too much morning sun, but I love this combo of magenta phlox, blue balloon flower, and tiger lilies.
And, here's my mutant balloon flower 'nanus'. (dwarf variety)
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LOL! I have 4 cats who nibble and at it and roll in it but they are inside cats so it gives it a chance to recoup! I have 3 or 4 actually as they roll in it and plant it all over the place.
Just took a few more photos as today is overcast and cool with more rain coming. Great light for photos. This is a moss rose combo that is my fav--I have always loved pink and orange (yep child of the 60's!)
My Gateway Joe Pye Weed is looking pretty nice amongst the Rudbeckia. It's the dog days of summer here in the deep south!
Cactus patch I love that color combo as well! Very pretty : )
erdooley, Your joe pye and rudbeckia looks wonderful and I bet the butterflies love it too!
Beautiful late summer blooms, everyone!
Although I was bummed earlier in the summer about being behind getting seedlings in the ground, now that the dog days of summer are here I thrilled to see so many annuals coming into their own. In past years my garden has looked rather ratty and tired by this time.
This combo is one example that I'm finding delightful now. The tall blooms of Italian white sunflowers, Cleome, and Kiss me over the Garden gate have worked together better than I ever imagined! All were wintersown.
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Dahlias, glads, and agastache aren't minding the heat at all.
Lilies provided the early summer color in this bed, and now the wintersown Tithonias, Zinnias, Marigolds, and Ox Eye Orange (gold actually) sunflowers are putting on a show.
Gemini sage, Beautiful pictures! Question: When you "winter sow" your seeds, how is it that they make it to spring without dying? Or are you starting the seeds indoors? Or do they not even sprout until spring? I know, maybe it's a silly question, but I'm trying to learn more about growing from seed, since it gets expensive buying plants! Thanks!
Petunia and roses
erdooley, thanks a bunch! Wintersowing is a method of seed starting that I've been using the last couple of years with amazing results, its practically fool proof, and fantastic for beginners in seed starting. We have a whole forum devoted to wintersowing now:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/coldsow/all/
Check out the info in the first post where most of your questions will be answered. Many seeds germinate better when they've gone through cycles of freezing and thawing, and naturally "know" when to wake up and start growing in the spring. I haven't purchased a single plant this year- everything was started from seed, most using this method. I can't imagine how much I would have spent if I'd purchased the plants I've put out this year- its a huge money saver, and lots of fun too!
I agree gemini. I do the same. Isn't it fantastic?
I don't winter sow, but the seeds that drop from my plants in November and are not eaten by the birds are the ones that come up in Spring. Mostly cosmos, zinnias and larkspurs. So I would guess those would do well for you in this process?
anemone
artichoke in bloom
sweetpea
Absolutely Cactus! By wintersowing them, we determine where we will plant them and protect them from the critters and nature.
Everyones' blooms are beautiful! Here is some obedient plant and wild bergamont.
And my cana I grew from seed this year are blooming. : )
Clematis, "Queen of Holland"
Daylily, "Respighi"
Japanese Morning Glory, "Velvet Plum"
