Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August, 2018

Liatris

It's hot, dry and smoky, must be August in western Washington. I'm not real fond of this new climate pattern but trying to make the most of it. I have a lot in bloom in the yard, but mostly in one area with a few flowers scattered elsewhere. I need to look at what else to plant for late summer color.

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly collection of blooms around the world.

My flower garden, next to the back patio, is the area where I grow annuals and other plants that may need to be watered frequently. It's visible from my kitchen window, so I enjoy the blooms from inside too.

Alyssum and petunias
Cosmos and bee balm
Gaura
Nasturtiums mixed with strawberries
Sunflower!
Dahlias
Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara'
Groundcover clematis
Reblooming delphinium
Sweet peas on the fence
Penstemon
Mint in a pot
Mint not in a pot, which I may regret but the bees love it

Around the side of the house is the north shade garden, which is only sort of shady but I'll take any shade I can get. This leads into the new front slope created by removing a retaining wall. This whole area is easy to reach with a watering hose too, but I've been trying to only water once or twice a week.

Hollyhocks, grown from seed
Hollyhocks and geranium
Hollyhocks and geranium
More hollyhocks
Fuchsia 'Genii'
An early blooming cyclamen hederifolium
Star gazer hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Hydrangea paniculata


In the rose garden, the first blooms are long gone but the roses are re-blooming and other plants still have a lot of color.

Zinnias, planted from seeed
Zinnias
Lots of zinnias
Agastache



Around the other side of the house is the south shade garden (yes, I'm lacking creativity in names!), which is very dry. The daylillies are done blooming and just a few other flowers going.

Lewisia
Cape fuchsia
Centranthus ruber, which I can't ever get a good picture of

Down the yard, all of the new plants around the new retaining wall are growing in nicely, even those that I didn't intentionally plant.

Liatris and ceanothus
Hardy hibiscus
Yarrow
One lone poppy came up from seed
This is as close as I can get due to a bees nest in the retaining wall
Volunteer dill
Volunteer California poppy and radishes
Salvia 'hot lips' and volunteer radishes

At the bottom of the hill, a few blooms are hanging on in my mostly native garden.

Yarrow
Salvia 'hot lips' - this one is 3? years old
Salvia 'hot lips'
Echinacea
Seaside daisy
Fireweed
Goldenrod
Native flower, need to look it up, in front of vine maple

I can already see the first signs of fall in the vine maple and hazelnut leaves. I'm ready for it!

6 comments:

  1. Wow! An amazing variety of blooms! Beautiful!

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  2. Wow, so many lovely flowers! Your garden must look like a botanical garden.

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    1. Thank you! Definitely a work in progress, so many areas are newly planted and have to grow in

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  3. lovely blooms ,I liked the shot of multiple blooms of Zinnia .

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  4. I love your zinnias - my favorite flower which I can't grow very well.
    Thank you for sharing.

    Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

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