A Late Evening in Mid-July (in Zone 8b)

The mid-summer southern garden:  the gardenias and chaste tree flowers of June are long gone, the daylilies and rose blooms are sporadic now as the heat builds - but other blooms happily take center stage.  Black-eyed susans are everywhere, the zinnias are happy (even sprouting new plants as the flowers themselves fade), and the hydrangeas, while fading, are doing so with grace.  The backs of the african foxgloves are exquisite, seductive even - as if in competition with the sweetness of the ripe figs and sungold cherry tomatoes.  The oregano ignores the on-going competition, happy in it's porous concrete pot (and blooming for the first time) - unlike the crinums, who have been blooming away for over a month now, shouting 'look at me! look at me!'.  The flowers of the bronze fennel are relieved that the caterpillars of the swallowtails haven't devoured their foliage (just yet) - as the daisies reach toward the sun, simple, dependable, ever elegant flowers that grace the summer garden.   And the sunflower - one of the many that reseeded in my garden this year - begins to unfold it's petals, as if waking up after a night of perfect rest.

Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to all.

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Comments

[joco]

Hello there,

What a beautifully presented BD post!

Flags and all, no less. I am usually too lazy to fill those in, but appreciate them as a reader.

Your Brown Turkey is ripe and unblemished. Mine are still unripe and already half-eaten by the dratted pigeons. Grrrrr.

I love the zinnia picture.

Raindrops on everything. Isn't it wonderful to have the heavens do our watering for us.

Nice to meet you.

[Agricola]

When I finish the school thing, and have time and money, I hope you will 'consult' on our gardenal needs..........assuming your house is finished and the airstream sent back North.

[Carol, May Dreams Gardens]

That first picture is stunning. Your garden seems to be having a great summer!
Thanks for joining in for bloom day.

[Pam]

Joco, thanks for stopping by, and it's a pleasure to meet you as well!

Agricola, I always enjoy helping someone else spend their money on plants - count me in.

Carol, thanks for hosting us. By the number of comments you have on bloom day, a whole bunch (herd!) of folks are participating now - I think that is great.