And here's the rest of the list in pictures...
Verbena bonariensis:
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What I thought was the usual violet moss verbena has bloomed in an intense shade of magenta:
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Close-up, white potato vine:
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Daylily, bought before I started keeping records. It picks up the cool yellow of the bicolored lantana next to it:
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The first blooms on the heartleaf skullcap:
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The second plant I bought for my back garden, bicolored lantana. The butterflies love it:
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A peachy pink verbena:
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Next to the peachy verbena, Rainbow Knockout:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgugIHiKWwIdFZNMS32WpSFatynN4wk1XG2cGvfFzZOw74RrhXrMkP582dZkqMSvU_5CQucsvASbVXLQkRNhKvWFUA2Uc0D3ke4WBtU-ms-BJ8cNFT_4nh_Ib0avN8P0qxzlKZaNS6fcT/s320/Rainbow-Knockout.jpg)
My newest rose, Republic of Texas. Another rose? How could I not grow a yellow rose in Texas! I really wanted to try Stephen F. Austin, a gorgeous cross between Carefree Beauty and Graham Thomas, but it was too big for the space I had. Republic of Texas should stay under 3 feet, and work well with Rainbow Knockout and Rosette Delizy, which are in the same area. The color is usually more saturated than this.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwb9uDiGjxESeUX43EfGuV5A_1S_0fR7LYItr4YL1y7Pg5uHHJ_jR2oJKEEo3fQvZhwNXHEQJO2rhn5Q4-5bG1mBcpP8TPtGb9sU0C_uap4xHGgjr8-PR5BI6wbFemgUafkMFvpptDD1Sk/s320/Republic-of-Texas.jpg)
Sad, pitiful acanthus mollis:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZTx004yuNBbB4g2rdVv9dFCjlJA6yNCnE5VvOHqgaf8ZwIpq8ZL_iEVLMy_01mUZLv19gdiC2EHPETuXh7qIHSFTT_s01WrOvSjztCkP0hIDaGSXYSkbzXCHcfZh9kus71AYGv7RW6TX/s320/acanthus-mollis.jpg)
Cleome, which I've never grown before:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5_jQ83OSMlljmqbPpxdwQkaCj5-dMZiVrRpNSTNZC06RhbTr0FINvqa0WzOoauuidhUvmEnhAc-mIKS0aw8QzL59rlZFTKj98I5336KHgSSMR1JF0vJFgPQEbTnESB1sxxiAO_TJZrPn/s320/cleome.jpg)
Ah, nostalgia. Bachelor's Buttons, aka cornflowers. This shade of blue is especially intense at twilight:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XKtKZnHiXmizaEY3NKREmucGX0snMpH0oHlxgdRfQyvT8Sq4WwRKrYfzihdR34MbfRpPvWvKbizy0Vub-DPa5J3Vp1TAnp_J_NEEL63Cn2KvLx79chmkLXauquvNQbirusa5Fqu6Kh-f/s320/cornflower-blue.jpg)
Grasshoppers are also blooming in my garden this month:
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The head gardener:
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13 comments:
Lori, Your garden looks like a beautiful place with lots of variety. Even the "head shot" didn't creep me out too bad!
Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Beautiful Blooms! I like the skullcap-- unusual. Thanks for the pic of the bachelor buttons, reminds me I need to plant some!
Hi Lori,
It's good to see all the interesting plants that you're growing - I also admired the Stephen Austin but didn't realize it could be a 6-foot rose! I hope the Republic of Texas will be a winner in your garden. As newlyweds in grad school, Philo and I planted Cleome so it's a nostalgic flower to me - they called it Spider Flower in SC because of the way the seed pods form.
The head gardener didn't scare me - but it looks pretty dramatic!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Oh! the bachelors buttons are sooo blue! Very pretty ;)
The Head Gardener is too cool! I like your magenta Verbena & the bi-colored Latana too. Your Acanthus doesn't look bad to me (we can't grow them here reliably).
Lori, as a native Texan, I may have to check out that Stephen F. Austin rose. The Republic of Texas is mighty pretty, too. Lots of nice things going on in your garden!
lol... I like the "head gardener!" And that intense verbena is wonderful.
Carol - Thanks! I cropped the head shot on purpose to make it less creepy. ;)
Brenda - The skullcap is new for me. I admired it in Pam's and Lucinda Hutson's garden. I'm hoping it'll fill in the many bare spots in the shade of the crape myrtles.
Annie - I was pretty bummed about Stephen F. Austin. I drew and redrew my front yard plans trying to find a spot to wedge him in, but it just wasn't happening. Luckily, a more appropriate yellow rose called my name. I'll have to take some pictures of how it changes color in the heat-- it went from a more Julia Child-ish (heh) yellow when I bought it to a yellow-tipped pink the first time it got hot, and then to the kind of faded yellow you see in the picture. :)
Lee - Sometimes I wish I had more space, because then I would make a garden with only blue flowers with purple and grey foliage for contrast. Lots of bachelor's buttons, winter germander, and plumbago. Someday...
Mrs. McGregor's Daughter - You should see how the butterflies flock to the lantana. I plant a lot of butterfly plants, but that seems to be the overwhelming favorite. The acanthus mollis I plan to move to a shadier spot once it's done blooming. It wilts pathetically to the ground every time the sun hits it.
Cindy - I hope you look into Stephen F. Austin. I've had to resist the urge to try growing it in a pot every time I've seen it in bloom. Then at least I'd be able to grow this rose vicariously! ;D
Blackswamp Girl - No joke is too lame for me to make it. The verbena was an awesome surprise, I agree. It plays well with the purple-leafed stuff I have planted around it. :)
Hi Lori,
Really stunning photographs! - you have a good eye for composition. I enjoy reading your blog - keep it coming!
PS. I like the "creepy" head shot - it is one of my favorites!
Regards,
Philip.
(ESP)
your flowers look gorgeous! I can't wait to have a garden that is so full of blooms! some day! part of gardening, I'm learning is LOTS of patience.
beautiful blog!
Hi Lori - I just discovered your blog through May Dreams Gardens - and picked up on your comment about liking the wild/abandoned garden look - and thought you might like a peak at ours!! I live in Northern France and it seems that we're quite behind you in the gardening calendar in that the roses (of which I love) are just starting their season and you can never have enough of them!! Graham Thomas as you mention is a beautiful rose - also Arthur Bell - you'll find a recent pic on my last post!
You've got some lovely plants in your garden and will spend a bit more time later looking through...
Miranda
The verbena and the acanthus mollis look like my kind of plants. We only have about a month of roses too, if that, and it is about over.
Oh! Bachelor's Buttons! I love those. I should plant some next year. I had those every year in my little flower garden when I was a kid ;)
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