It's the middle of the month and time once again for Bloom Day! Here's some of the plants currently in bloom in our garden...
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| Euphorbia deflexa has been giving us an explosion of yellow blooms for quite some time now |
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| This one has just started - Celmisia spectabilis |
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| Dainty sprays of pink - Thalictrum sp. |
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| Now this one is a little bit annoying. It's supposed to get taller and taller first but it barely gained height from last spring and at only 2' tall it is flowering (in itself very unusual for such a small Cordyline australis) |
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| Towering Disporum longistylum |
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| Lone flower from our Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha (what a long name, phew!!) |
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| Good old Lilac - Syringa vulgaris |
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| Relatively big leaves with dainty yellow flowers - Saruma henryi |
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| Like little yellow spaceships - Epimedium sp. |
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| And of course our Kniphofia northiae still doing its triple thing |
Mark :-)
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It's good to see that there is space for lilac amongst the exotica. One of my earliest memories is the scent of the flowers as they crept over the fence between my neighbour's and parent's garden. Pity they're not that attractive for the rest of the year so I can't justify the space in my smaller garden.
ReplyDeleteThe scent is beautiful John and I'm glad we kept it despite hesitations then. It came with us from our previous house :)
DeleteThe flowers of Epimedium are cute!
ReplyDeleteThey are Aga :)
DeleteGorgeous Epimedium, I have a similar one but haven't seen flowers yet this year. The Disporum is rather intriguing. Is it a climber?
ReplyDeleteIt's a woodland perennial Jessica, a very good one for your garden!
DeleteYou've got a diverse range of blooms there! I adore the Epimedium and I wish I could grow it and that Lilac. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteAnd you too Kris!
DeleteAs usual, quite a few plants I'm not familiar with. So relieved to see the lilac.
ReplyDeleteWe love that Lilac Alison :)
DeleteOooh, celmisia!
ReplyDeleteJust wish they're easier to get hold of, can't get enough of them Denise!
DeleteFlowers are not what I think of when I picture garden. Fun to have my assumptions challenged.
ReplyDeleteFlowers still managed to creep in our 'foliage' garden somehow Loree :)
DeleteI have a similar epimedium (see http://plantule.org/nouveau-au-jardin-epimedium-amber-queen.html), and yours could also be 'amber queen' no ?
ReplyDeleteIt's possible Laurent. Have to confess Epimediums are one of those plants that we have several but didn't bother to remember their individual names, oops!
DeleteYou have some wonderful plants blooming now. I love the disporum. That Kniphofia is incredible!
ReplyDeleteWe're loving that Kniphofia Evan, it's giving us a good show this year!
DeleteSaruma henryii. Another beautiful plant for my henry garden. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :)
DeleteI love that even though your garden is more jungle like and you grow all kinds of collector plants, there is still a good old fashioned lilac in your garden. It's lovely as are all of your blooms!
ReplyDeleteWe love that Lilac Peter, I'm glad we made space for it :)
DeleteYour garden is just moving along now. Lilac was a surprise in there but a surprise is good and they are lovely while blooming and worth having.
ReplyDeleteCher Sunray Gardens
Haha! Love that your epimedium flowers remind you of spaceships - they look like yellow spiders to me! I don't know why I'm surprised to see lilac in your garden, perhaps because it's stepping away from the tropical, very beautiful though; I'd love to plant one here, must get on the case!
ReplyDeleteLittle yellow spaceships? I am going to have another look at my epimediums! I had not thought of them that way, but you may be right! Sometimes when I see what happens overnight, I think there may be alians at work in my garden.
ReplyDeleteKniphofia northiae blooms are gorgeous! I like Epidendrum blooms a lot too. I must look for one plant to plant in my garden. Beautiful blooms, even lilacs :)
ReplyDeleteSome lovely, interesting plants there. I'm still loving that Kniphofia Northiae, and have been looking out for it wherever I go but without any joy. The Epimediums are fascinating, and so fleeting.
ReplyDeleteWe are just adding a white Crinum to our sub-tropical garden and a Tetrapanax. I grow both in other parts of the garden and have been surprised how hardy they actually are. The crinum coped with -12 degrees !
You never fail to show some things that are new to me.
ReplyDeleteSpaceships, spiders, a beautiful epimedium, looks almost normal next to your more unusual plants.
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