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What's Blooming in Your Garden? E-mail a photo of what's blooming in your yard!
         
This is by no means a complete list. It's just the stuff I grow or happen to see in my travels around town with my digital camera. If you see something on the list that's no longer blooming, or that is blooming and I've failed to mention it, please drop me an e-mail. Thanks! Also, if you see something on this month's list that isn't blooming yet, it's on there because it will be soon... as in this month. Some photos are archived from previous years.
         
   
Garden phlox
(Phlox paniculata)
 
Bells of Ireland
(Moluccella laevis)
 
Balfour's Impatiens
(Impatiens balfourii)
         
   
Four O'Clocks
(Mirabilis jalapa)
 
Cypress vine
(Ipomoea quamoclit)
 
Crinum moorei
         
   
White belladonna lily
(Amaryllis belladonna)
 
Crinum
 
Pink belladonna lily
(Amaryllis belladonna)
         
   
Princess flower
(Tibouchina urvilleana)
 
Mexican sunflower
(Tithonia rotundifolia)
 
Justicia
         
   
Water hibiscus
(Hibiscus coccineus)
 

Water hyacinth
(Eichornia crassipes)

 
Spider lily
(Lycoris radiata)
         
 
 
Belladonna lily, Naked lady
(Amaryllis belladonna)
 
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
 
Abyssinian gladiolus, Peacock Orchid
(Acidanthera bicolor)
         
   
Crape myrtle
(Lagerstroemia indica)
 
Nasturtium
 
Chaste tree
(Vitex agnus-castus)
         
   
Wooly blue curls
(Trichostema lanatum)
 
Lantana
(Lantana camara
)
 
Purple toadflax
(Linaria purpurea)
         
   
Wallflower (Erysimum)
 
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
 
Blood-red trumpet vine
(Distictus buccinatoria)
         
   
Ceanothus
 
Hibiscus
 
Balloon flower
(Platycodon grandiflorus)
         
   
Zinnia
 
Lobelia
(Lobelia erinus)
 
Jupiter's beard
(Centranthus ruber)
         
   
Dahlia
 
Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
 
Lion's Tail (Leonotis leonuris)
         
   
Santa Barbara daisy
(Erigeron karvinskianus)
 
Society garlic
(Tulbaghia violacea)
 
Verbena bonariensis
         
   
Transvaal, Gerbera daisy
(Gerbera jamesonii)
 
Fuchsia
 
Purple coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)
         
   
Fibrous, Bedding begonia
(Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
 
Madagascar periwinkle, "Annual vinca"
(Catharanthus roseus)
 
Smoke tree, purple
(Cotinus coggygria)
         
   
Marigold
 
Asiatic lilies
 
Penstemon
         
   
Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
 
Bougainvillea
 
Canna
         
   
Verbascum
Geum
Mimosa
(Albizia julibrissin)
         
   
Purple-leaf oxalis
(Oxalis regnellii 'Atropurpurea')
Bachelor's button
(Centaurea cyanus)
Lamb's ears
(Stachys byzantina)
         
   
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
 
Linaria reticulata 'Flamenco'
 
Ursinia anethoides 'Solar Fire'
         
   
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Gardenia
Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
         
   
Million Bells (Calibrachoa)
 
Butterfly fountain
(Gaura lindheimeri)
 
Celosia
         
Larkspur
Impatiens
Catmint (Nepeta)
         
   
Fortnight lily (Dietes iridioides)
 
Lily-of-the-nile (Agapanthus)
 
Paludosum daisy
(Chrysanthemum paludosum)
         
   
Butterfly bush
(Buddleja davidii)
Cape plumbago
(Plumbago auriculata)
Oleander
         
   
Columbine (Aquilegia)
 
Toadflax (Linaria)
 
Star jasmine
(Trachelospermum jasminoides)
         
   
Salvia
 
Coreopsis
 
Chives
         
   
Verbena
 
Mixed Nemesia
(Nemesia strumosa)
 
Solanum rantonnetii
         
   
Dead nettle
(Lamium maculatum)
 
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
 
Perennial morning glory,
Blue Dawn Flower
(Ipomoea indica)
         
   
Scabiosa
 
Gaillardia
 
Kangaroo paws
(Anigozanthos spp.)
         
   
Yarrow (Achillea)
 
Lavender (Lavandula)
 
Rose
         
   
Petunia
 
Shasta daisy
(Chrysanthemum maximum)
 
African daisy
(Osteospermum fruticosum)
         
   
Common geranium
(Pelargonium x hortorum)
 
Potato vine (Solanum jasminoides)
 
Coral bells
(Heuchera)
         
 
Also blooming this month:
gazania, Peruvian daffodil, mandevilla, etc.
 
 
Flowering maple
(Abutilon)
     
         
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