July 2021 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

It's the 15th of the month, and once again Carol at May Dreams Gardens summons us for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.  Once again, I greet long time visitors and new bloggers alike to my garden:  Welcome to my zone 5b garden in the Southern Tier of New York State.  It's July 15, summer is at its height (according to me) and it is wet.

Too wet.  Stop, rain, stop!  I've been fortunate.  I haven't been affected by the flash flooding or power outages - yet.   But many people here have.

Some of my plants are getting ready to bloom - hibiscus, tall phlox, cosmos, blackberry lily.  Maybe I can show you some next month.   But the chief perennial in my beds - day lilies - are in full bloom.

Now, morning is breaking, and the day lilies are stretching and yawning.

Despite (or maybe because of?) all the rain, many of my plantings are thriving.  It's time to celebrate, because the day lilies are in bloom. I have so many, in fact, that I am going to gather them in collages.

 I am the world's worst record keeper, but I know where these next ones above came from -Grace Gardens near Penn Yan, New York. They are having an open house this Saturday.

Also from Grace Gardens.  Upper right, more just opening day lilies.  The variety "may" be Bubbly, a short double.

Finally, last of the Grace Gardens set.  On the right is a fully open Bubbly (maybe).

 I've gotten day lilies from various sources over the years.  At least one (I bought two but I don't think one made it through our winters) came from a major garden show in Charleston, South Carolina.  Some came from sales at our local botanical gardens. 

Several from a sale were from a garden in Pennsylvania, donated when the man who owned them could no longer care for his daylilies. 

Daylilies aren't the only flower in bloom.  Here, a cranesbill geranium.

Hosta.  I have several types.
 

Nasturtium.

My one lemon gem marigold plant.  No idea why the others didn't do well.

Not all my petunias.  I got lazy.

I have two everbearing ornamental strawberries in a hanging basket. One has pink flowers and one is white flowered.  Only one is blooming right now.  Yes, the fruit of both is edible but they don't produce all that much.  And, we must safeguard the fruit from birds.

A cucumber flower.  Once again, we are trying to grow cucumbers in a large container because we don't have room in our small front yard (the only place in almost full sun) for a veggie garden.  We rarely succeed in getting more than a handful.  For some reason, cucumbers just never do well for us.

I do know what this is, although I will probably mangle the name.  Loosestrife Lysimarchia "firecracker", was sold to us by our local botanical gardens. I wonder if they were trying to get rid of it, because this stuff is invasive (full disclosure, they did warn us it could spread easily).  On the other hand, it stays fresh in a bouquet for days. The leaves are a beautiful purple, but I honestly would not recommend this to anyone with a small space.

Our pansies are hanging in there. I have some more but this is what my back permitted.

Wild basil.

In our part shade to shade back, most plants are in between bloom, so here are a couple of my fuchsias.

I have so much more but I am running low on energy.  So thank you, Carol, for once again hosting this monthly meme.  I hope you enjoyed my flowers, and will visit some other participants (link at the top of my post).

Anything growing at your house or garden?