Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - July 2016

Hot. Dry. July. 

It takes a tough plant to withstand our brutal summer heat and still manage to send out blooms. Here are a few of the survivors in my garden this July.


Crape myrtles, of course.

Crinums of all kinds continue blooming.

These are called spider lilies for obvious reasons.

These are milk and wine lilies which I've showed you before. 

And these are 'Ellen Bosanquet.'

Justicia 'Orange Flame.'

Hamelia patens, or hummingbird bush, with a visitor who definitely isn't a hummingbird.

Blue plumbago, probably my most dependable summer bloomer. Nothing seems to discourage it.

Clerodendrum 'Cashmere Bouquet.'

'Coral Nymph' salvia.

'Mystic Spires' salvia.

Old-fashioned 4 o'clock.

Sunflowers are made for July, of course.

The white cat's whiskers appears to be thriving.

The crocosmia has not bloomed as plentifully as it has in the past, which probably means it is time for me to divide and move some of it.  

Dwarf 'Katie' blue ruellia, also known as Mexican petunia.

Summer phlox.

Abelia.

The flames of Anisacanthus wrightii, a hummingbird, bee, and butterfly favorite.

Old species cannas.

Yellow cestrum.

Tropical jatropha.
Tithonia, Mexican sunflower.
My poor garden is showing the signs of its neglect as I have been suffering from a leg injury since mid-May and have not been able to care for it as it needs. Still some plants are tough enough to make it virtually on their own and thank goodness for that.

I hope you and your garden are thriving this July. Happy Bloom Day and thank you Carol at May Dreams Gardens for this monthly meme.

~~~


Vive la France!

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