Saturday, July 15, 2017

July Bloomday!

Here in Portland we've hit the sweet spot. Blue skies day after day, warm (sometimes hot) temperatures, THIS is what erases the memory of all that winter rain, or this year all that winter snow, ice, and rain. Oh July, how I love you!

If I was a real flower floozy I'd more flowers to share this Garden Bloggers' Bloomday (thanks for hosting Carol) but I think I've got a pretty substantial line up, even for a foliage lover. Admittedly I'm rushing things a bit, sharing these Agapanthus buds. They'll open before the day is over though...

Last year I only got a single flower cluster from my Alstroemeria isabellana.

Thankfully this year it's back to it's florific ways and there are many.

Eryngium agavifolium, always a pollinator favorite.

Something's been snacking on the Clematis florida var. sieboldiana flowers. Not cool!

Abutilon Nuabyell, which has come back from being killed to the ground last winter, and it's already flowering.

Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart'

Acanthus mollis

Thalictrum ichangense 'Evening Star' — which has been blooming since April!

One day, almost overnight, this NOID Tillandsia started to turn pink. I should have known blooms were eminent.

Another long bloomer, Calycanthus floridus 'Athens' — since April.

Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla

Nymphaea 'Marliacea Chromatella'

Love my waterlilies!

Grevillea 'Ned Kelly'

I have never caught these little grafted Moon Cactus blooms open. This is the entire show...

Anigozanthos flavidus

Macleaya cordata, with Trachycarpus.

NOID Sempervivum

NOID Sempervivum

Paris polyphylla - Heronswood form

Moving out to the front garden... it's Yucca time!

If memory serves (cause I'm not going outside to count right now) this year's crop was 13 spikes.

Both Y. filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ and the plain green Y. filamentosa are blooming.

Interestingly the 'Color Guard' stems are white...

And the plain green are, well, green....

Genista aetnensis

Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen'

Another NOID Sempervivum

The end of the Morina longifolia flowers.

Grevillea x gaudichaudii

Scabiosa stellata 'Paper Moons' (flower on the left, reason for growing the flower on the right).

Hey, how'd that get in here? Another Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen'.

These NOID Lewisia have been blooming for months.

Indigofera amblyantha

Gaura lindheimeri

Bougainvillea × buttiana 'Barbara Karst'

Callistemon ‘Woodlander's Hardy Red’ — at the very end of it's bloom cycle.

While I'll always wish for more, at least one of my Hesperaloe parviflora saw fit to send up a bloomspike this year.

Luckily it's right by a window so we can watch the hummingbirds dine.

Finally I'll wrap up with Datura 'Ballerina Purple'. Where ever you are I hope you're enjoying July in your garden!

Weather Diary, July 14: Hi 86, Low 56/ Precip 0

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34 comments:

  1. So I assume that "Paper Moon" bit that you focused on is the seedhead? It's totally cool. Great flowers!

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    1. Yes, the seedhead. I'm at 5 now, but that's the largest.

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  2. Where on earth (in your garden, that is) do you have room for Acanthus mollis? And for a foliage gardener, how on earth can you have so much blooming? Great post, with a few I need to research. Happy Bloom Day!

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    1. The Acanthus mollis is behind the garage. It used to be where Sammy (the Yucca rostrata) is, but I moved it. And moved it, and moved it. Or rather kept pulling plants coming up from roots left behind. It's a tenacious thing!

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  3. Is this the normal bloom time for Yucca filamentosa there, or was bloom delayed by the extra-long, extra-cool spring? Here they're an invariable signal of June. What a show the moisture of winter and spring have encouraged!

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    1. They were a little later than normal this year, and you're probably right — due to the cool spring.

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  4. So many beautiful flowers! I love water lilies too, I have 15 different varieties and wish my pond were bigger to have more! Thanks for sharing these splendid pictures.

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    1. 15!?! Wow, your pond must be quite large.

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  5. For not being a flower floozy... I've been looking for Thalictrum ichangense 'Evening Star' ever since you put it in the fern table, so far no luck. In some way its good, as I have an excuse to keep visiting nurseries. One of the things I like about Callistemon is the cute little nubby fruit that hangs around for so long.

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    1. That Thalictrum is frequently available from both Little Prince and Terra Nova. If that helps. Not that I'd want to curb your nursery visiting. And yes! It's the seed pods left after the blooms fade that make Callistemon a year 'round winnter.

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  6. Beautiful!
    Some of your plants are familiar to me, but you have a lot that I have not seen before. I have got to do a little research to see which ones might be available here They are all so pretty!
    Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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    1. Thanks for visiting Lea, hope you find a couple that might work for you!

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  7. Not shabby, and it's nice to see what bloomed for us a month or two ago now blooming for you. They look a bit different up there, which I like. Still not even 80 here, stay cool!

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    1. Ya I would imagine a lot different — I'm loving the sunshine!!!

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  8. So many beautiful things. Bud, flower, foliage are all swoon worthy. Love those noid semperviviums.

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    1. The closer you look at those Sempervivum flowers the cooler they get.

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  9. I don't know - you may be moving toward flower floozy status! I adore the water lily, Clematis and Hibiscus and I wish I had your success with Eryngium and I await the day that any of my Yuccas bloom. I'm impressed by your photo of the Hesperaloe too - after several attempts, I gave up on getting a decent photo of mine.

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    1. Do you have the common Yucca filamentosa? Cause they are the bloomiest Yucca there is, in my experience.

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    1. I'm trying to be satisfied with my (small) success but I want MORE!

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  11. So glad that you, the weather, and your garden are all in sync. That's the stuff bliss is made of!

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  12. Thank you for sharing the glory of your garden. Such variety and beauty! The Water Lilies are lovely and I adore the Paris Polyphylla. Your garden is obviously very happy.

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    1. July makes both me and my garden happy, thanks for stopping by manicann!

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  13. Finally summer - sigh. I hear that you can cut those pesky blooming parts off of your plants:) A grand show and Scabiosa stellata 'Paper Moons' seed heads are amazing! IAVOM one of these days?

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    1. Perhaps, but it's gonna have to be a very small V...

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  14. So many gorgeous blooms. That Grevillea looks like a Chihuly sculpture.

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  15. I love your blooms, but every time I read your posts I'm struck by how great the plants look against the color of your house. Is that weird? That's a fantastic brown. It makes me want to paint my fence!

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    1. Not weird at all, considering we chose it for that very reason.

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  16. Love that white Clematis with the dark blue center. And I'm jealous of your waterlilies.

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  17. Fantastic array! I know they love the Hesperaloe, but the hummers must be rioting in your front garden right now with all those Yucca blooms!

    Love the colors on that Grevillea, gotta try that some time!

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  18. what a gorgeous garden you have. I am so glad you share on Bloom Day.

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  19. Your garden must look fantastic right now!

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