Today's post is all about the flowers. So, without further adieu, here are the photos. Don't forget to enlarge! Above is a new lily, simply listed as Lily Asiatic mix. They almost glow in the indirect light.
I recently added 3 dwarf conifers + some Viola labradorica to my Japanese garden. This is one bed where it's all about the foliage!
Also 'all about the foliage' are bromeliads. Here's my Neoregelia 'Orange Splendor.' And yup, you're not colorblind. It really is red not orange. Odd.
Alstroemeria psittacina. Note the narrower, tubular flowers. This straight species is hard to find these days.
Kniphofia 'Orange Crush.' One neat thing about red hot pokers is that most start with a more deeply colored bud - here red - then slowly progress in this case through orange, ending in yellow.
Scabiosa 'Harlequin.' A fabulous low growing or spilling pincushion flower.
It took 2 years but my Salvia sclarea 'Piemont' eventually put on a spectacular blooming show.
Melaleuca micromera. I love the fine-textured foliage on this Aussie native.
Mimulus 'Anton.' A new monkey flower addition to my garden.
Gomphrena decumbens. Unlike any other Gomphrena you've ever seen, this long lived, ever blooming perennial is a force of nature.
Hibiscus Adonis Pearl. This is one of the varieties in the new HibisQs series, produced to have blooms that stay open much longer than traditional hibiscus flowers. That has proven true for mine.
Salvia uliginosa. Also known as bog sage, it's one of the few salvias that likes regular water.
Dahlia Mystic Illusion. The Mystic series features this super dark foliage, with flowers that are yellow, orange or red.
Oxalis variety. Love the green shamrock leaves and the pure white flowers.
Fishbone cactus. Took this photo to show how the bright green new shoots sprout on old growth.
Plectranthus Troy's Gold. A ground cover plectranthus that brightens a shady bed.
Phyllitis scolopendrium. This 'single' (broad-leaved) fern goes dormant but comes back each year.
Rhipsalis variety. Love the profusion of multi-branching stems.
Hakonechloa macra Aureola. Japanese forest grass has become popular in recent years.
Stephania rotundifolia. This vining caudiciform sends up quickly growing vines of large heart-shaped leaves in late spring.
Trachelospermum asiaticum. This tri-colored bush jasmine may be very slow growing but it's worth the wait. Like many a gardener, I use it as a ground cover.
Gladiolus 'Las Vegas.' One of my favorite species Gladiolas. Though the species types have smaller flowers than the hybrids, they often have interesting markings.
Tecoma x smithii. This rambunctious vine produces tons of these peachy-orange flowers in summer and fall.
Nandina 'Firepower' has a neat trick, putting out chartreuse foliage in spring then turning bright red in the fall before going dormant.
Lily Patricia's Pride. This Asiatic lily has been a real success story this year.
Daylily 'Bela Lugosi.' For you younguns, the actor Bela Lugosi was famous for playing Count Dracula, thus this 'blood-red' flower is aptly named.
Bouvardia ternifolia. Love the bright red tubular flowers on this hardy bush.
Punica 'Legrellii.' This pomegranate has double form, orange and white ruffled flowers. Unusual!
The yellow flowers are Calylophus drummondii and that one burgundy flower is a Wine Cup (Callirhoe).
Evolvulus variety. To me this relative of ground morning glory has the bluest flowers of just about any plant.
Nicotiana mutabilis. Its species name owes to the fact that the flowers change from pink to white.
Lily Pink Perfection. This trumpet lily always produces huge flowers and for once the actual flower outdoes the photo on the vendor's site.
Centaurea Blue Boy with bee. Not sure what kind of bee this is. Too small to be a honey bee so maybe one of our native species?
Tiger lily - yellow. This is part of a mix. The first four stems produced reddish-orange flowers but the fifth stem was the charm for getting a different color.
Cryptomeria 'Spiraliter.' I love the chartreuse new growth on this Japanese cedar.
Speaking of cedars, here's an unusual one - Cedrus atlantica 'Sapphire Nymph.' Icy blue foliage really makes it stand out.
A moth has landed on my Echinaea 'Sombrero Yellow.' Echinaceas produce nectar-rich flowers so are popular with bees and butterflies.
Pavonia missionum. This mallow family member puts out rich coral-red flowers in summer and fall.
Aechmea fulgens. This bromeliad is tough and regularly produces these branches of orange bracts. They are adorned with purple tips.
Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue.' One of the truest blues of all hydrangeas, so much so that I rarely have to add ammonium sulphate to 'blue it up.'
Bush jasmine. Same fragrant white flowers as the 'pink' jasmine but usually stays lower to the ground. This one has managed to crawl up over my neighbor's fence into my back yard.
Nandina domestica. Heavenly bamboo as it's called it not actually a bamboo but the foliage reminds some of that plant. Tough, vigorous, easy to care for and beautiful.
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