Garden Bloggers Bloom Day~October 2015~Central Florida

GBBD totally slipped my mind, until I turned on the computer this morning.  And what a morning it was...cool, breezy, just a delight.  I'm putting this post together at 3:30 and it's now 89 degrees.  In spite of our cooler mornings,  summer is still very much with us in Central Florida.  Fall has not had much affect on my plants,  just a few yellowing leaves, here and there in the shade gardens.  Here's a few blooms...

Saucer Magnolia

Clair Matin Rose

Pink Pet Rose

Knockout Roses

These are some of the cuttings I took a few months ago from my old garden roses, so happy to see one blooming already...

This is the 'mother plant'.

 A couple other blooms out front, then we'll go to the back...

Aloe, a hummingbird favorite.

Crown of Thorns

Jasmine, in the shade garden.

Blue Ginger, these blooms have lasted for months.

A lowly, but lovely, coleus bloom.

  

Clerodendrum Vine, just beginning to show color.

Another, on the fence, further along.

Sasanqua Camellia

The tree above has a beautiful bloom, a crepe paper look...

Sasanqua Camellia

Just one more camellia...

A couple more plants that seem to bloom all year round in my garden...Gloriosa Lily.

Clematis

Common water hyacinth looks so much like a flower from a hyacinthus bulb.  It seemed as though the whole canal was blooming today, so even though it's not my bloom, I'll share the photo.

Happy gardening!

Summer Solstice in Central Florida...just another hot day.

The garden is weary of the oppressing heat, as is the gardener.  The clouds gather each afternoon, teasing us with the prospect of a refreshing deluge.  Rumbles of thunder roll through the skies, and I anticipate a lovely, drenching rain...none comes.  The clouds, heavy with the waters that are needed to revive the exhausted garden, go rejuvenate a garden elsewhere.  Our time will come.

There are some plants in the garden that are thriving in this all day, every day, full sun.  Okra, beans and sweet potatoes don't mind at all, but the tomatoes have given up.  Crape myrtles are just beginning to bloom and the gingers are flourishing.  The roses, though, are a sad lot.  Their blooms are faded before they can be enjoyed.  Daylilies , before midday, are sun bleached.  But, I live in Florida and I wouldn't trade it for anywhere.  It has been a hotter than normal spring for us here in Central Florida, perhaps summer will be more temperate.

Heat loving blooms...

Aloe embraces this hot weather, and the 'hummers' are grateful.

Marigolds just keep on , keeping on.

White Gaura

Shade blooms...

Hosta

And another.

Beautiful faces in the shade...caladiums.

And, a few more blooms...

Crown of Thorns.

Calibrachoa

Clematis 'Ramona'

Surprise of the morning~

I often find them sleeping in the daylilies, but this was a first 'doze in a rose' I've seen.  Happy gardening.

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day~June 2015~Central Florida

My first 'bloom day' since I started my garden blog, exciting.  I went out early to beat the sun, but it was up in all its glory before too long.

Curcumas have just begun blooming this last week.

The roses are mostly in between their cycle, here's what is blooming...

'Red Cascade' on the front fence, she has no cycle.  Once she begins, she's full on, all summer.

'Gold Glow'

'Angel Face'

'Valentines Day'.

'Autumn Sunset'

Daylilies ('Hemerocallis'). and other lilies in bloom...

'Pandora's Box'

Not sure which red this is.

'Kwanso' doubles are still going strong.  Oops...me and my shadow.

'Blood Lily" (Scadoxus Multiflorus).

'Lily of the Nile' or 'Agapanthus'.

Also in white. 

Toad Lily (Tricyrtis Formosana).

It's June in Florida, everything's blooming!  I could go on all day, but here's just a few more...

African Daisy (Osteospermum x hybrid).

Zinnia

Blue Butterfly bloom.

Blue Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum Ugandense).

Crown Of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii).

Last, but certainly beautiful...Cowhorn Okra bloom.

Hope everyone had a lovely 'June bloom' day and  your gardens are meeting all your expectations.