Black-eyed Susan:
Yellow/Orange Cosmos:
A closer look:
Bulbine:
Native Lantana:
Mexican Hat:
A few of the Nastursiums are still hanging on:
Squash Blossom:
Scarlet Runner Bean - This one won't set beans until the weather cools down in the Fall, no matter though, I grow it for the fabulous red flowers:
Damianita and OH!, A blue flower! - Wrights Skull Cap:
Big Red Sage - This is a Hill Country Native that was once thought extinct, but thanks to the LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center it was rediscovered and brought back from the brink. Awesome!:
Here is a blue one - Agapanthus 'Peter Pan':
You cosmos are so short, thick, and floriferous! Mine are just a few rangy, scrawny things.
ReplyDeleteAnd my nasturtiums were a complete failure despite my planting several packets at different times. I finally got one tiny flower last week just before the plants all dried up. What's your secret?
Our nasturtiums didn't do anything either. We probably planted too late.
ReplyDeleteI love all your oranges, and they always look great with blue. Did you see Aiyana's garden at Water When Dry? She planted an orange Tecoma stans with a 'Santa Rita'-like (purple) prickly pear in front. Awesome! It's a combo I'd love to try, but I've gone with reds and pinks instead of orange in my garden, and I'm not sure I could work it in now. Actually, I do have a couple of orange flowers, but they're subtle (for orange): bulbine and cigar plant.
Hey - those Cosmos are amazing. Love those colors in your garden. They go so well with everything.
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ReplyDeleteI dunno what I did with the cosmos -I put the seeds in the ground and - Whala! - flowers. I did dig in a bunch of Dillo Dirt into that new bed. That is probably what did the trick.
As for the nasturtiums, I thought mine were looking awfully sad! They didn't turn into the monstrosities they do in the Northwest, that is for sure! They did ok though. I used the vining variety and maybe it does better than the bush types? I'm not sure. I think I should have gotten mine in earlier than I did though.I am going to plant them in January next year. Nasturtiums really dig cool weather.
Pam,
ReplyDeleteSanta-Rita Prickly pear with Orange tecoma stans would be outstanding! I would love a combination like that but I am not sure If I have room for it - I am gonna look though!
Diana,
ReplyDeleteThanks! I was planning on having red corn poppies to go with my blue morning glories, but I planted the poppy seeds at the ENTIRELY wrong time of the year and the pill bugs destroyed them all. I am going to try again next year though!