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!