Garden Blogger's Bloom Day July, 2013

Welcome to What's Blooming Now, to see other people's flowers, join gracious hostess Carol at May Dreams Gardens.    Some roses are still blooming past their first flush, like long-blooming Betty Boop-

Long-lasting Dublin Bay-

But daylilies are at peak bloom, Avant Garde-

Pink Cotton Candy-

The enormous Tuscawilla Tigress-

Here's a rampant bed consisting of my seedlings from crosses with Erin Farmer as one parent, she features a white midrib-

Some offspring-

Some early hardy geraniums are finished but some keep blooming now and on into fall, like the fabulous Rozanne-

The large Buddleia has started to bloom, to the delight of the hummingbirds and Swallowtails.

Clematis 'Jackmanii" blooming, along with a few others-

Crocosmia 'Lucifer' has its intense red tropical looking blooms, I just wish mine didn't get so tall and flop every year, so I have to tie it up.

To my surprise the annual Lupinus succulentus I started from seed with Gibberellic Acid are blooming-

Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'-

Self-sown Oxeye daisies are prolific, I'm trying to tolerate them this year-

As well as Prunella AKA Self-Heal, the bloom stalk being used as a Chinese medicinal tea.

A nice surprise is to see how Houttuynia cordata has been filling in a little bed that has tended to be weedy, though it has pretty much lost its variegation and reverted to green, though the white flowers make me think of stars-

Also blooming are Yarrows, annual Phlox, Nasturtiums, Oregano, Calendulas, Marigolds...

Isn't summer grand?   -Hannah