July Bloom day is already here, and this time there is so much blooming I tried to limit myself. It's great having too many rather too few that's for sure!
Cosmos I started by wintersowing. This is the first of many to come.
More Monarda, although this one has already succumbed to powdery mildew. I haven't tried the milk for the mildew yet.
Agastache
More Hollyhocks!
I've had several of these mixed Snapdragons popping up in various parts of the yard.
Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'
Mallow, these are about 18 inches tall and have reseeded a bit.
More 'Shades of Blue' Larkspur. The more that bloom, the more variations of blues I'm finding, I hope they all reseed for next year.
Echinacea 'Magnus', by now you know how much I love this flower!
Lacecap Hydrangea
Trumpet Lily 'Triumphator' have all started blooming and adding a nice fragrance all around them.
Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue', 'Pink Mist' is also blooming.
Rose 'Iceberg' the hardest working rose in my garden. I've read several places recently that it's a great one for a part shade location.
Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) has centers that look like chocolate to me.
Dahlia 'Pretty Lady' is another one that came back from last year. There are several more to come.
To join in on Bloom Day or to see more flowers blooming around the world, visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens.
You have outdone yourself today Catherine. My favorite is the lace cap hygrangea, but your photos are all just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are fantastic! Truly beautiful! I think the larkspur are my favorite followed closely by the lacecap hydrangea and the dahlia. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to limit yourself for sure. Your photos just jump right off the screen and look so great.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Catherine and thank you for your comment! All the great images reflect your everyday garden work. I love all your blooms, but that mallow is especially lovely. It is not a tree mallow, is it?
ReplyDeleteYou ALWAYS have just the bestest photos!!!
ReplyDeleteWow Catherine, you have been busy! You've got all these fantastic photos AND you've done that new bed since I last popped in! The photos are as gorgeous as ever and I'm very impressed with Gertrude's new home! :)
ReplyDeleteBoy, your flowers are absolutely beautiful. I really like that mallow, and may have to try it here even though I realize that things that look wonderful and luscious in the Pacific Northwest often look scrawny, peaked and baked in the Missouri Ozarks. . .
ReplyDeleteGlad I stopped by.
Hi Catherine, I'm dealing with mildew too but not so much on my Monardas but on my Clematis! Grrr! Love your photos. Your closeups are magnificent. I can only imagine how dazzling your whole garden is.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, boy do I love that Echinacea! Wish we could do Monarda here in So Cal with no water!
ReplyDeleteWhat a glorious riot of colour Catherine. I am most taken with your larkspurs and have made a note of their name. How tall do they grow? Mildew has affected some of my geranium pratense this year - a result of our hot June I think.
ReplyDeleteWaw Catherine stunning photographs. If it isn't a cheeky question what settings do you use to get such detail and definition.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms!
ReplyDeleteI am just speechless, every series of photos you take are better than the ones before, if that's possible!!
ReplyDeleteTatyana - These are some type of mallow (not tree though) that came free with some plants I ordered through a catalog many years ago. I wish I knew more about them but that's all the info they came with.
ReplyDeleteAnna - These larkspur are around 4 feet tall, but the package says they can get to 5 feet.
Joanne - Not cheeky at all :) I use the foliage setting and macro on the camera, but that's it. I've enlarged the pictures on the blog which I can forward the info to you on, it wasn't too hard to figure out, but did take some time to work out the details. I'd love to get photoshop or something like that to do more with the pictures.
It's all very beautiful. I love love love the hollyhock and mallow. I dream of one day having larkspurs.
ReplyDeleteYour dahlias are breathtaking. I love them. All of your pics are great and you have so much color.
ReplyDeleteAll these are lovely but it's hard to beat the blue of that lacecap.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of all of your beautiful plants and flowers...applause...
ReplyDeleteFabulous shots today for Bloom Day. The colors are so vibrant! That Hydrangea is such a vivid shade of blue, so pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine - I'm sure you did lave to limit yourself, you have planned so well throughout the year to have a lot blooming at any given moment! I wish I had even 1/10th as much going on. I need to plan better next year and maybe learn from your older posts about cold stratifying. Seeds seem the way to go for a plethora of blooms without breaking the bank! Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteGreat collection. Love the hollyhock. And everything is so colorful...
ReplyDeleteHappy bloom day!
All so beautiful, and great photos. The colors of your lacecap hydranga is so deep. Very pretty. The mallo is so colorful
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! Gorgeous flowers and photos.
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine, Yes... I definitely must remember to get out those sunglasses before I head over here! ;-) My mallow is in tooooo much shade, but it grows (spindley) and blooms anyway. I'm going to have to find a way to help it stand up! lol One of these days, I'm going to read about your camera! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful garden! I love the pink/white trumpet lily - it's so perfect!
ReplyDeleteI adore your blue hydrangas - the blue is so intense
ReplyDeleteThey are all gorgeous, as usual!
ReplyDeleteIs that a white spider on the black eyed Susan?????
What a treat is was to visit your garden this morning! I love Magnus and brought him home yesterday to plant this fall...The coneflowers look splendid backed by the larkspur and those great poppy seedheads. Have a good day and happy gardening. gail
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine, what fabulous shots, the dahlia is particularly sweet! That is a new trumpet lily to me, it is going on the want list, for those blooms and that scent are well, just, you know... :-) It is nice to have too many blooms.
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Catherine I just so love your blue hydrangeas and of course the blues of your larkspur. Let us know if the milk works for the mildew.
ReplyDeleteOh, my, your Hydrangeas are so wonderful! That Lacecap in particular is such an exquisite shade. I keep seeing photos of 'Triumphator' Lily. I really think I need some of those.
ReplyDeleteI adore Cosmos! I hope your larkspur reseed too. Mine got too moldy waiting for the seed to ripen, so I yanked 'em. And I started some more. Maybe they'll flower before the season ends.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images - your garden is a lovely riot of colour.
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