Yeah, I’m apparently not cool enough to know it was June Bloom Day yesterday, but really, every day is Bloom Day down here.
Like this Queen Sophia marigold (Tagetes patula), a gold-edged mahogany-colored beauty:
This hibiscus, the only plant remaining from our original landscaping, exact variety unknown:
Red Butterfly pentas (Penta lanceolata):
Black-eyed cuphea (Cuphea cyanea var. hirtella):
Angelonia “Angelface Dark Violet” (Angelonia angustifolia):
The newly identified Clarkia (Clarkia elegans) (thanks Monticello seeds!) from our “wildflower” patch out front:
Marguerite Daisy “Stars Pink” (Argyranthemum frutescens):
Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea):
My beloved Gazania “Frosty White Kiss” (Gazania splendens):
J. Random Wildflower from the backyard:
The seriously tried and true Purple Strawflower (Bracteantha bracteata), having survived both a fat-ass cat butt, and a beatdown by the last hard rain:
The Sultan’s Golden Crescent beans in the veg garden:
Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), more popular with wasps than with actual flutterbys at the moment:
And best of all, the 24 foot tall crepe myrtle out front, covered in blooms, which fall in beautiful showers of pink when the wind blows:
Remember that gawdawful movie from the 80s, Legend? And the cherry blossoms blowing around in a music video fashion as the heroes ran in slow motion through the woods? Yeah, it’s nothing like that.
UPDATE: Oh deary dear. In running down Rose Mallow seed a few weeks ago I ran across American Meadows rhizome/bulb sale. I’m afraid I have some things to plant tomorrow…
Dahlias:
Cannas: