Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
If you are like me, you forgot to plant for August.
Sure, I still have blooms in my garden, but most are fading fast, having been at their peak weeks ago.
At this time of year, I always regret not having planned better. (I will have the same regrets in September and October - and even January, when I realize I haven't planted for "winter interest."
I am taking the opportunity of this month's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - a regular photographic event on the 15th of every month -- to make a plant list.
And here are some of the blogs where I am looking...
Freda Cameron, at Defining Your Home, Garden and Travel, is writing about agastache, and she has plenty of pictures.
Susan Harris is showing off the border combinations in her yard on the Homestead Gardens Blog.
Dee Nash at Red Dirt Ramblings has an eviable patch of garden phlox and some brightly colored lantana, just for starters.
Boonnie Lassey's garden is "in the pink," but take note: She lives in Washington state.
For more, check out Carol's May Dreams Gardens. At the end of her post on what is blooming in her garden this month, she has links to nearly 100 other blogs that also participate in Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
Comments
I'd like to know where that gorgeous cone flower is blooming. That would definitely go on my wish list.
Thanks for the links. I forgot it was bloom day and I sorely needed some inspiration.
Sorry, Marie. It is a stock shot of 'Tomato Soup!' I bought one for my garden, but it never bloomed like that!
FYI GV readers, Marie' blog is worth following! It has terrific info! -- Susan
Posted by: Marie Iannotti | August 16, 2010 2:59 PM
...January, when I realize I haven't planted for "winter interest."
I've got a few plants that are supposed to be interesting during the winter. They look like dead sticks and are, frankly, depressing.
I planted Tomato Soup this past Spring. It hasn't bloomed.
Eve. None of my new, fancy echinaceas have bloomed in the colors I thought I planted. I am wondering if we've been had...cultivars that weren't ready for market. -- Susan
Posted by: Eve | August 17, 2010 9:56 AM
I bought a number of interesting coneflowers to add to my borders, and was dismayed to learn that the newest cultivars do not seed-self the way my old faithful varieties did. Bummer!
Posted by: Dahlink | August 17, 2010 8:29 PM