September 15th, we're down to the last full week of summer. It's been a good one, hot and sunny, but of course all too fast. It's time for a look at what's blooming as autumn is knocking at the door, to see the full report from blogs around the world visit May Dreams Gardens.
The canna's are going strong. It's a pity I'm unable to tell you what any of them are...
This is Callistemon citrinus, it's not especially hardy but went in the ground this spring. Time will tell...
This silly thing, Abutilon 'Red Tiger', has grown and grown and grown, but not bloomed much. Right now it's finally got 4 flowers and half a dozen buds. It must have realized I was eyeing it's spot and thinking about what I'd plant there when I got rid of it.
Cassia didymobotrya
Clematis tibetana var. vernayi
And the fully opened bloom of last week's "favorite" Colocasia fontanesii...
The Crocosmia 'Orangeade' just keeps on pushing out new flowers, I love this plant!
There were three blooms on the Hedychium 'Tara' this year, this the last one.
The spaced themselves out nicely, I've been enjoying them for 3 weeks.
Passiflora 'Sunburst' is a riot of blooms right now. My first go at rooting cuttings failed miserably. I'll try again.
Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'
Mahonia fortunei 'Curlyque'
Mahonia gracilipes
Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Schefflera brevipedunculata, on it's third round of blooms.
The very unattractive buds/blooms/seed heads of Senecio mandraliscae.
And finally Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'...enjoy your last week of summer!
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That's an amazing passiflora! I mean, they are beautiful--but that sunset coloring really takes it over the top.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't say it better. Great photos of amazing plants, Danger.
DeleteThank you ladies! The $15 I spent on that passionflower might have been my best investment of the season.
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I had no idea that senecio bloomed! I love the pink of the Mahonia gracilipes.
ReplyDeleteI wish it didn't (the senecio) and I couldn't get a good photo of that Mahonia, it's so much better in person. Do you have one?
DeleteThat Hedychium 'Tara' is spectacular! The two I bought at Rare Plant Research are thriving, but no flowers. I hope they survive the winter and flower next year. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteI bet they will (survive). I was a little concerned after last winter that mine wouldn't come back but they did!
DeleteI need another season, more compost, and, of course, more plants.
ReplyDeleteMore plants, always more plants.
DeleteGorgeous Loree. Thanks so much for the gorgeous photos, your garden looks like its still going strong. Q:: Whats the plant to the left of the Canna in the first photo?
ReplyDeleteThat is a Ricinus communis, or Castor Bean. It looks to me like it might be the 'New Zealand Purple'. They grow well here in the Portland/Vancouver area. My tallest one is about 12-13 feet! They also produce copious amounts of seeds, which can be annoying in the springtime after you thought you got them all last fall...
DeleteYes Susan what "big leaves" said. I bought this one at the Rare Plant Research open house last May. As for the garden there are many many areas not looking good (dry and crispy), thankfully the camera didn't show them!
DeleteI find myself with a newly planted Tara. I got it by accident last week without knowing anything about it because I just couldn't resist the foliage and there was only one, looking lonely. I don't usually love orange flowers, so I was thinking I wouldn't care if it ever flowered, but the flowers look really great in your photos! Its so nice to see what might develop. I'll be crossing my fingers for survival through the winter, whether it ever flowers or not.
ReplyDeleteTara is a good one, the foliage is fabulous and if you don't love the flowers when yours does bloom then you'll be happy to know they don't last terribly long.
DeleteIt has been a great summer, hasn't it? Your passiflora is gorgeous in both flower and foliage. I hope you're successful at taking cuttings or digging the whole thing up to overwinter inside. You've got some great cannas there. I'll remember to plant some next year! Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteYou have no cannas? Peter!
DeleteOooo la la, that Hedychium, Passiflora and Grevilla are just wonderful. It's all great but those are stars. I've never been able to get Hedychium to bloom for me, maybe I'll try it again.
ReplyDeleteI've been in a real slump since the storm disaster, maybe I'll get the camera out this afternoon.
Oh Deanne, how could you not be! That was a huge hit to your gardening spirit.
DeleteMany thanks for commiserating with me. It really helps.
DeleteYou have a lot of interesting blooms. The flowers on the Mahonia look like little satellites and I love the passionflower! I like the Callistemon too, which is odd as I've historically had an aversion to the genus. Happy GBBD Loree!
ReplyDeleteThe bigger leaves on that callistemon might make it more friendly...
DeleteLike a visit to a tropical paradise
ReplyDeleteNormally I would laugh but yesterday did feel downright tropical didn't it?
DeleteLove that first shot! Lots of different colours, leaf shapes and structures :)
ReplyDeleteMy Mahonia gracilipes has never flowered, as a result I am quite surprised by the colour of the flowers!
They are the most fabulous strange flowers and as I said above so much better in person, hard to photograph and very unlike other mahonias.
DeleteFlowers, cool! Your garden was a foliage garden when we were there. A few flowers is okay.
ReplyDeleteThe Senecio should quit while it is ahead and never bloom. How could such a pretty plant have such disgusting flowers? Here I cut them off, if I have the patience for it.
Funny you say that, Andrew walked into the back garden last weekend and said "where did all these flowers come from....to back it didn't look like this when the bloggers were here." I hadn't really thought about it.
DeleteI should cut off the senecio flowers, thankfully just a couple of plants are blooming and they're not the ones I see from the path to the patio.
Oh la la, loving the hot colours of most of what's currently in bloom in your garden. That Colocasia bloom looks great, which reminds me too of sliced ripe mango, yum!
ReplyDeleteHa! It does you're right. And even I was surprised by the amount of orange and other hot colors in this post. I almost didn't include the senecio photo because it was just so out of place.
DeleteI'm gutted, the bloom fell off my Grevillea 'moonlight' , the Australian are having a hard time in my garden this summer ! Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry Linda!
DeleteBeautiful stuff but my favorite is Passiflora 'Sunburst'. That is a wow plant! How many flowers did you get?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on Senecio mandraliscae. If I weren't so lazy I'd cut every single flower off.
I've lost track Gerhard...I can tell you I counted 8 fat buds yesterday. It's a good one.
DeleteThat Passiflora !! Damn, I need that and I need it now. And Hedychium 'Tara', well I could use a couple of those too. A fabulous selection from the Danger Garden this month...
ReplyDeleteI wish I were a propagating wizard and I'd be sending orange passionflowers to everyone!
DeleteLove the colours in the Hedychium 'Tara'. What a spectacular plant. I need a massive glasshouse...
ReplyDeleteHow cold do you get? It's hardy to about 10°F/-12.22 °C
DeleteThere are two Cassia didymobotrya where I walk sometimes, and the light bulb only went off today (Hey, I know you!). I hope you get the passiflora cuttings to take root.
ReplyDeleteMe too Amy, I have also decided I must dig up the plant and try that too.
DeleteI found an Abutilon venosum locally that looks a lot like your 'Red Tiger.' I'm hoping it's more productive! The less rampant Senecio serpens is in bloom here, and the old blooms are just as disheveled, if smaller. Couldn't some clever scientist make a sterile Senecio mandral.?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've seen they are usually quite productive (the abutilon), I don't know why mine has been so lame (well okay I do, it's been growing like a weed, as thought the leaves are what's important!).
DeleteBEAUTIFUL blooms!!! I love that Passiflora, I wish I could find it here in Peru but I think it is impossible.
ReplyDeleteDo hummingbirds visit a lot your garden? I´m guessing they must like Callistemon and Grevilleas a lot, also Hedychium. Do they like Hibiscus, Cannas or Abutilun? I´m buying some plants to attract these wonderful little birds as they are common in Lima and I love them (there are no hummingbirds in Europe).
Oh, and your Colocasia bloom is fabulous!
We do have several hummingbirds and I've seen them go after all the flowers you ask about except the hibiscus. The hands down favorite though is the Alstroemeria isabellana, they LOVE that thing.
DeleteIt´s funny that many Alstroemerias come from Peru...but they don´t sell them here at the nurseries. I´ll try to find one. Well, they sell the typical ones, but I like the one you have, hehehe.
DeleteIs that castor bean in the top photo? It must have decided to grow for you after all. How tall? It looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt is! It's about 5ft tall, I am VERY happy with it.
DeleteAll I can say is: wow.
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