When I don't post it's for one of two reasons. Either there is nothing -- zip, zilch and nada -- blooming in my garden that particular month on the 15th, or I just plain forget.
And here I am at 9:50 pm on the 15th and I just remembered about it! So here are my offerings, humble though they may be compared to some.
To see what else is blooming around the world, visit Carol's blog at the top of this post.
First, the fuschia I showed you a couple of weeks ago in my Dancing Ballerinas post is still blooming, although it's winding down now. I'm glad I spotted this at the store. Even if it only lasts a few weeks, I think it has been worth it.
These are Matrix Purple and Yellow Splotch (love that name). They are so reliable, nothing fazes them. Even the deer/rabbit or whatever it was that nibbled them back to nubs a couple of months ago couldn't kill them.
And waiting in the wings, the little Texas Bluebonnet is growing nicely. I don't see any flower buds on it yet, which is rather disheartening, considering I'm seeing them in bloom along the side of the freeway already. I'll keep hopeful though, and perhaps it will reseed some more for next year.
In the back garden, it's just the same old stuff I've had blooming for the past couple of weeks.
The Homestead verbena (seen above with a companion weed) is surfacing from under the pile of nijer thistle seed the birds dumped on it and has lots of blooms coming out.
I suppose it's just as well it made it through the winter safely because the cuttings I took last fall didn't make it :-(
Anyway, that's what I have blooming in my garden this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.
Words and photographs by Jayne Wilson, Green and Serene, Jayne's Country Garden.
3 comments:
Lovely pictures.
Don't feel bad about the 'companion weed'. It's in the carrot family and host to black swallowtailed butterflies, which are among the first to fly and lay eggs. If you leave it you may be heir to the next generation of flyers.
Thanks for the info Kathleen. Unfortunately I already ripped it out! Darn it! Well, I'll know better in future!
Well, I was going to say the companion plant looked like a perennial geranium. If it starts to come back, post another photo of it.
Homestead verbena does not overwinter for me. I hope what a friend gave me that was growing on her acreage comes back. It looks more like what I used to grow.
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