August 25, 2013

Christine's August Blooms













Lynne's August Blooms

Wave petunias


Balloon Flower

 Echinacea Pow Wow

 
 
 
Echinacea Magnus


Lysimachia punctata Alexander and Sedum Autumn Joy

 

Lilies towering above Bee Balm

Yelloween Lily from Myra
 
 

Liatris and Stargazer lilies
 
Stargazer Lily

 Phlox and Artemesia

Annabelle Hydrangea

Rudbekia

Echinacea Irresistible  (Babysitting plant)
Pink Phlox in full bloom

Hydrangea Limelight and H. Pinky Winky


Pure White Lily
 
Annual Asters echo colours in window boxes

Very pretty Cleome -Spider plant

I love this blue-silver- purple combination

Satomi dogwood, Butterfly bushes and PeeGee Hydrangea

Buddleia -Butterfly bush

These Echinacea 'Irresistible' blooms change form and colour as they mature.

Note how they look as they open
 

A little while later...

 
 
And then like this!

Pow Wow Echinacea are truly stunning.

Verbena bonariensis - just discovered this elegant and airy delight.
This is a self seeding annual I started from seed this spring.
It will become a mainstay in my future gardens for sure.

Look how delicate and dainty the flowers are.

White Liatris with Verbena and Yarrow in background
 
 
This beauty is Echinacea Green Envy (planted from a bare root this spring)



White Phlox - very fragrant  


Pretty Combination for August
 

August 20, 2013

Brenda H's Gardens

First Sunflower August 3rd













Burgess Buttercup Squash are growing

Chokecherry fruit


Double Yellow

Echinacea - Purple Coneflower

Eupatorium Maculatum - Jow Pye Weed



Hobblebush

Hot Chocolate


Hot Wheels

Lemon Shasta Daisy

Little Cadet

Lois Burns

Monarda - Bee Balm

Monarda - Bee Balm

Mop Top Hydrangea


Parisian Sunrise

Perennial square stemmed Sunflower

Red Suspenders

Salome Red Ruby

Siberian Peach

Snow Empress

Snowberry shrub

Zinnia

American Chestnut

Zinnea

Annual Sweet Pea


Hummingbird feeding at feeders


 

Dogwood from the rooftop


Honeysuckle from the rooftop

Fresh veggies for supper



Swiss Chard






Birdhouse Gourd

Pardon Me

Phlox David

Sunflower Aug 24th





Blackberries