So here's what's blooming in August:
Lantana, my "butterfly magnet."
Hummingbird Licorice/Hummingbird Mint
(Agastache)Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Crape Myrtles
Hydrangea
Coreopsis, Aster, Black-Eyed SusanRose
Butterfly Bush
Anthony Waterer Spirea
Yarrow
Angelonia (First time we've grown this annual. It loves to bake in full afternoon sun! The hummingbirds visit it from time to time.
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11 comments:
Beautiful blooms, David . That Crepe Myrtle makes me homesick. They've developed one that's hardy for the Northern climate now. I've just got to find space for it in my small urban yard.
David: The lantana sure is a butterfly magnet! I also love the angelonia. It is a great annual!
All your flowers look wonderful for late summer. Perhaps plants can survive with less water than we think?
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Carol at May Dreams Gardens
Wonderful photo of the butterflies around the Lantana! I may have to try Angelonia....it looks like a bloomin' machine. :-)
I didn't know yarrow came in that color! Love your gardens. And your butterfly pictures are outstanding.
If the climate keeps getting hotter, Carolyn, you might be able to plant a "Biloxi" in your yard.
Layanee...The butterflies are ALL OVER that lantana. I have a bench beside it and butterflies just flutter all around my head.
Carol...they really have done well with little water. You see how good the lantana looks--I had not watered it at all until yesterday.
Connie, if the Angelonia survives on my desk, it'll survive anywhere. It's as hot as a parking lot...at least until my trees get taller.
Healingmagichands...yep; that's the only color I have now, although I'm hoping my neighbor will give me some of her yellow.
Thanks, everyone, for visiting my garden!
Ooh, what kind of hydrangea is that? None of mine are white this late in the season!
David, your flowers are doing remarkably well! My gardens are so young (most of the flowers are new) and they are struggling. Well, I'm struggling. Next summer I think they'll be able to withstand the heat and drought.
I heard that severe water restrictions took effect in Fort Mill, SC - not far from here.
David, you picked some winners for a hot and dry year - I don't know what we Texas gardeners would do without Lantana and Crepe myrtles.
The humidity usually crashes my yarrow pretty fast, however!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
lcshores--I'm not sure what kind of hydrangea that is, but I like it. It came from my grandfather's yard.
Mary--they've done better than I would have expected. Of course, over the years, I've given up on any plant that is weak and fussy!
Annie--Yes, I let my non-gardening friends see my lantana, crape myrtle, and spirea and let them think I'm an expert gardener...If they ask, I'm honest and say that they are just really easy to grow!
Thanks for visting, everybody!
LCShores--I think it might be a hydrangea paniculata "Limelight." Check out "Ledge and Gardens" from my blogroll.
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