Bloomin’ Tuesday

Well it’s another Bloomin’ Tuesday! To see other great Bloomin’ Tuesday posts or to join in on the fun every week please visit Jean at Ms Green Thumb. I have alot to show you this week. My garden is just full of surprises.

Salvia ‘Black & Blue’ is a great addition to my garden. I couldn’t resist picking this little beauty up when I went to the garden center the other day with hubby. They just got a shipment of these and other annuals that are fall bloomers here. I wish it was a perennial, the butterflies are really loving this plant right now. I’ve seen this in other gardens, but I’ve never grown it before.

Lantana ‘Miss Huff’ is brightening up this area of the new garden bed at the moment. She is covered in buds and hopefully will be quite happy in her new home in my garden. Talk about a spot of sunshine on a cloudy day.

My least favorite Hydrangea ‘Forever & Ever Red’ has several flower buds opening. The bloom is pretty. It’s not red though, more of a deep pink. These have been my problem children this summer. I will be moving them come late September or early October to another area of my garden that gets afternoon shade. Hopefully that will help, but they are quite thirsty plants.

This area of my garden has done great this year despite the heat & drought. You can’t beat Catharanthus (Madagascar Periwinkle) for all summer long blooms. Some of these are in a container and some are planted in the ground. The ones in the container need a little more water than the others.

This is the first year my Lirope variegata has bloomed. I really like the metallic purple berry like flowers. This has a much better flower than the common Lirope. And the contrast between the blooms & the foliage is nice too.

This pink rose has been in my garden since the beginning. In fact it was here when I bought the house except it was in another area of the garden. I don’t know the name but it has fantastic full blossoms & a wonderful scent. The foliage has been clean this year too, no major problems with blackspot or mildew. The dry summer hasn’t bothered this rose in the least.

I couldn’t imagine my garden without Verbena bonariensis. This is a great wildlife attractor. The yellow finches, hummingbirds, bees & butterflies delight in these irridescent purple blooms.

Clematis ‘Sweet Autumn’ is really starting to showoff its’ snowflake shaped flowers. This is really a stunning plant when you have a mass of blooms. This is my neighbor’s view of it from her kitchen window. The fragrance when I took this picture was intoxicating.

Well I hope you enjoyed my blooms today. What’s blooming in your garden?