August Blogger Bloom Day

One of the good things about blogger bloom day is that it is helping me to remember the common names of my plants and I'm also trying to learn the botanical names as well. I am terrible with names, and were it not for this blog I'd probably be content just to stick the plant in the ground and enjoy the flowers without much concern for the name.


The zinnias are the star of the show right now. I was late planting the seeds due to the weather and they are just now beginning to bloom. I planted several varieties and don't remember what I planted where and I wish I did because some of them are doing well and some were a complete flop.

A few of my grasses are beginning to bloom, this is the fountain grass that I enjoyed so much last winter.

The purple cone flower is still blooming but I think it's just about done. I don't dead head these since the finches eat the seeds.

The Swizzle Zinnia is still going strong and is definitely a winner.

I planted lavender this year and it's just now beginning to bloom.

This petunia was growing in the Liriope at the mailbox. The purple wave petunias are struggling with the heat and with my sporadic watering, but they are still blooming. The purple lily turf blooms are an added bonus since I'd forgotten that they bloom.
Every once in a while I still get a lone clematis bloom.
This flower was a surprise for me today, I almost missed it because it was nearly hidden by larger plants. It is a delicate lovely flower and I'm not sure what it is. I think it might be one of the miniature hollyhocks that I grew from seed this past winter. They didn't do well and I vaguely remember sticking the remains in the front flower bed.

The miniature roses are still blooming, but they are being eaten by the Japanese beetles.

In the front bed the impatiens are blooming as are the coleus. Until the heat set in, I had been pinching off the blooms of the coleus so they would become more full, but they are all blooming now.

Here is the list of my blooms:

Moonflower Giant White Calonyction

Mums

Coleus

Purple Wave Petunia

Miniature Hollyhock (?)

Dianthus

Impatiens

Spirea

Zinnia

Coreopsis
New Guinea Impatiens
Hosta
Purple Cone Flower
Salvia 'Purple Rain' and Red
East Freeland Sage
Superbells
Portulaca
Verbena (pink and purple)
Lantana (four assorted varieties)
African Daisy

Roses
Balloon Flower (White)
Gerbera Daisies
Russian Sage
Veronica Speedwell
Anise Hyssop 'Golden Jubilee'
Purple Fountain Grass