August Photos

13 years ago

I don't know about your garden, but the only things blooming for me right now are scarce and scattered, making for a sad and sorry overall garden. When you put them all together, though, it brightens your day. Enjoy

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Zinnia with moth

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Pink and Orange Zinnias

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One lonely little Snapdragon

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Ruellia elagans

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Pink colored Zinnia

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Ruellia brittoniana

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Portulaca

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Coral colored Zinnia

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Second flowering of Phlox 'David'

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The fruit of the wild Passion Flower vine

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Butterfly Bush with moth

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Cardinal Climber, a relative of the Morning Glory

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A just-opening Datura bloom taken with a foggy camera lens

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Gaillardia 'Golden Goblin'

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and some mixed Cosmos

Comments (7)

shari1332
13 years ago
Pretty! I really must plant some zinnias next year for the butterflies:)

Instead of uploading my photos and linking here I'll just share a link to my blog. I haven't checked in here in quite a while~ Hi everyone!

Here is a link that might be useful: Little Wing Garden
transplanted2scin07
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks! The Zinnias have been the champions of drought these past many weeks. I think these might have been State Fair seed, but I don't know for sure.
RE your photos, I love the Salvia chamedryoides, very pretty!
How do you manage to get such a large bloom on your Euphorbia corolata? Mine are so tiny!
dottie_in_charlotte
13 years ago
Is that festuca glauca behind the pink and orange zinnias?
transplanted2scin07
Original Author
13 years ago
It is indeed Festuca glauca. I just purchased 3 of them this past Spring and I've been very pleased with their performance. I wish I had the variety name in front of me, but I'm not at home as I type this.
dottie_in_charlotte
13 years ago
If you pull the seed stalks it will benefit the festuca so they winter over better.
fluffybutt
13 years ago
What's blooming right now for me are my butterfly bushes, Russian sage, meadow sage, coreopsis, salvia, abelia, crape myrtles, and lavender is about to bloom.
tiarella
13 years ago
Your first photo is of a skipper butterfly though which one exactly I can't tell. You can tell it's a butterfly by looking at the antennae; they resemble a matchstick (sort of) and they fly during the day. I grew the cardinal climber this year and it took over a trellis and is trying to swallow the front of my house-one plant!