The 15th of the month has come again. Welcome to Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
Here in my zone 5b Southern Tier of New York garden, we've not suffered from the horrible excessive heat parts of our country have been subjected to. Nor have we had flooding rains of some nearby areas, or the fires of others. We are fortunate, and I am grateful for it.
My garden, on this 15th of August, is approaching fall quickly, but we still have plenty of blooms.
First, a RIP for blooms no longer with us.
My blackberry lily only put out two flowers this year total on the two plants that survived last winter. I don't know why they didn't do well this year.
And now, what's blooming.
Cardinal flower.
My one reliable reblooming day lily, reblooming.
Just in time, probably my last of these giant yellow day lilies.
Variegated yellow lantana.
An heirloom French marigold I got from a nursery in Ithaca, New York.
Hosta "Guacamole".
Gladiolus and bee.
Pink ivy geranium.
Pink tall phlox, starting to fade away. There were two bees on this flower spike - one bee is somewhat hidden.
Variegated geranium. To the eye this is orange but it always photographs as red. This plant is three years old - I overwinter it each fall/winter but this year I think it's gotten way too big and heavy.
Orange day lily. I may have one or two more blooms. This is my tallest day lily and it did fantastic this year.
Last (I have more flowers but I don't want to break the Internet), daylily Fashion Police. I bought this last year and was told it might rebloom. It did. Last year. This year it never gave me a first bloom but here it is, just in time for GBBD. It only gave me three buds this year (the third looks like it might open later today) and seemed shorter. I wonder if it's happy where it is. I don't have room in my main flower bed but we'll see what we can do. Anything for my day lilies!
Joining Carol at May Dreams Gardens each 15th of the month for #GardenBloggersBloomDay.
...enjoy flowers while you can.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms!
ReplyDeleteLove the Glad with Bee!
Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
Beautiful as always
ReplyDeleteOMgosh so pretty, Alana! You know I appreciate a good garden pic!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms. My garden is bloom challenged at the moment but I may try to find some later so I can participate in Bloom Day.
ReplyDeleteYour photos look great--are you using your phone or something else to take the photos? I love your daylilies in particular, and that variegated-leaf lantana!
ReplyDeleteI so love Garden Bloggers Bloom Days! Just lovely! My mom's favourite flower was the Gladiolus. That particular one is just beautiful! And I love the little bee decoration! Lends authenticity! ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, you have a lot of nice things still! I like that gladiolus.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of blooms.
ReplyDeleteSo many gorgeous flowers!
ReplyDeleteWhen the summer's blooms start to end their cycle, I find myself wondering if I appreciated their beauty enough while I had them.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers! That last Day Lily with the ruffled edge is quite striking!
ReplyDeleteYour blooms are beautiful for Bloom Day. The excessive rains and heat were pretty tough on my August blooms.
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