On a happier note, I hope all the time spent in your garden has yielded pleasing results. It's getting harder to find the usual array of perennials at our favorite nurseries so I'm glad that my garden is 95% perennials. And lately my passion has tended towards bromeliads. Just in the last month, I've added nearly 20 new varieties to my garden. It turns out that they are a relatively safe and easy thing to ship so online stores are a good source. I can recommend three - Bromeliad Paradise, Michael's Bromeliads and Bird Rock Tropicals in southern California.
More photos of the garden this week. The bounty continues.
Lily Flavia. A new one this year that has proved quite prolific.
Satureja mimuloides. That would be the orange two-lipped flowers in the center. A cousin of Yerba Buena, it also belongs in the savory family.
Agastache Blue Fortune. My favorite hummingbird mint this year.
Pavonium missionum. This malva family member has lovely coral-red flowers.
I can't seem to stop taking photos of this vigorous honeysuckle (Lonicera x americana).
Lily Sweet Surrender. Looks like this bee has surrendered ...
Epilobium canum. This CA fuchsia has been a fixture along this railing for almost 10 years.
This mystery Trumpet lily came in with the bag of 9 Roselily bulbs. A nice mistake to be sure.
I'm into dwarf varieties of much larger trees and shrubs, partly be necessity. Add this Jacaranda 'Bonzai Blue' to the list. It grows as a 5-6' high, densely leafed shrub.
Begonia odorata White. I don't get any scent but the flowers certainly are lovely.
These Curcuma Bicolor Wonders have a one-two punch. Tropical foliage plus gorgeous pink flowers!
Scabiosa are a great high ground cover, whether they're somewhat low like my S. Harlequin, or taller like this S. Florist's Blue. And of course the bees love the flowers.
Unfortunately I've had a few misships among the many lilies I bought this year. Here's one. This was supposed to be Salmon Party but instead is yellow with a golden-orange throat. Still pretty but ...
Abutilon Tiger Eye. There's no mistaking this 'flowering maple' variety.
Evolvulus 'Blue My Mind.' A reliable bloomer every year.
Begonia Illumination Apricot. Annie's Annuals is currently growing 3 colors in this series. Prolific bloomers and oh so handsome.
Long before it blooms, I love the 'hooked' tips on Gloriosa.
Not sure if someone was a U2 fan but this lily variety is called The Edge.
Here's another mystery lily that was a misship.
Cotyledon orbiculata var. orbiculata. The summer warmth is bringing on flowers for many of my succulents.
Just to show how flowers can differ, here's another flowering stem of the Lily The Edge. Here there's just the faintest pink rim to the white flower.
Walkway bed. A riot of color these days.
Here's the Epilobium again but this time with the low spilling Calylophus in the foreground.
Okay, I promise, one last shot of my Agastache Rosie Posie.
The flowers may be small on Salvia uliginosa but love that color!
Dicentra scandens. Taking over. As usual.
Hakonochloa macra Aureola. Japanese forest grass or Hakone grass. Loves the sun here in temperate Oakland.
Lily Solution. Such a dull name for such an exquisite flower!
One more shot of the 'mistake' lily (in place of Salmon Party). This flower has more golden-orange in the throat. Beautiful.
But the real star of the lily show this year is this L. Labrador. The flowers are immense - a good 10" wide! - bigger than any lily flower I've ever seen. Lovely color too.
Chantilly Peach snapdragon. The Chantilly series sold by Annie's Annuals are the hardiest snaps I have yet to come across.
Though the bottom flower is fading, the top one shows off the lovely raspberry red tones of Lily Double Sensation.
One last photo of my Lily Mister Cas.
And one final photo of Begonia Illumination Apricot.
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