Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day was yesterday, and I have a surprising number of plants still in bloom, considering the worsening drought and the lateness of the season. Central Virginia seems to be faring better than Northern Virginia - maybe because we had more rain down south earlier in the season - however, it hasn't rained there since September 14. But enough whining, let's get to the lists.
Central Virginia:
Various Cupheas
Zinnia 'Park's Pastel Mix'
Various Petunias
Verbena bonariensis
Coleus
Lantana 'Dallas Red'
Salvia farinacea 'Evolution'
Salvia farinacea 'Strata'
Tagetes lucida
Various Basils
Thyme 'English Broadleaf'
Origanum 'Zaatar'
Sweet Marjoram
Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness'
and surprise!, a couple of seed-grown perennials blooming out of season:
Lavender 'Munstead'
Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria'
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Northern Virginia:
Various Chrysanthemums
Diascia
Gazania
Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph'
Salvia guaranitica 'Black & Blue'
Salvia farinacea 'Evolution'
Morning glory 'Star of Yelta'
Various Cupheas (you know that I like cupheas, right?)
Lantana
Torenia 'Duchess Mix'
Various Petunias
Eupatorium coelestinum
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'
Various Buddleias
Rudbeckia 'Gloriosa Daisy Mix' (second flush of bloom after being cut back)
Corepsis 'Moonbean' (ditto)
Solidago 'Fireworks'
Aster 'Purple Dome'
Cyclamen hederifolium
Just noticed, October 16: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola', Peppermint, Alyssum 'Snowdrift'
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Still refusing to bloom is Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert'. Get with the program, girl! She's holding out for real rain, I guess - not content with what comes out of the garden hose.
The dogwood tree isn't blooming either, but look what's coming next spring.
Labels: in bloom
8 Comments:
Isn't it funny how plants don't seem to like the garden water hose as much as the rain water? It is just different I suppose. Happy to have you join us for GBBD, even a day late (a tradition!)
Carol at May Dreams Gardens
Carol: I've been wondering about that for a long time - I water and water and water with sprinklers and watering cans and soaker hoses, and the plants survive, but they're not happy. Give them a tenth of an inch of rain and they look like spring all over again. Maybe somebody will do a study one day and figure it out.
Thanks for dreaming up GBBD!
Gee, you sure have a lot of flowers blooming at this late date. Good grief, our big 'Honorine Jobert' has been blooming for a month and the newly planted ones are all blooming. Don't know why yours is so recalcitrant. I don't think it's lack of water because our new plants were placed in dry areas in the garden and would droop if not watered but they are all blooming now.
I never remember to do the Bloom Day at the right time so mine will be there Late as usual. Actually it is only a walk with one of our cats around the farm.
Lovely photos.
Glad to see your sucess despite drought! I notice the same phenomenon about rain vs. hose...very frustrating!
Poor Entangled! Can't make that Honorine behave! Your frustration is soooo shared by other gardeners.
I don't know about other plants, but I've read that the rainlilies respond not only to moisture, but to drops and rises in atmospheric pressure that signal a storm.
Both your gardens have so much variety! I liked the extreme closeup of the dogwood tree but know little about them - is it a Kousa?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Ki: I'll have to check my notes to see when 'Honorine Jobert' bloomed for me in past years. I remember it as being late, but not quite this late. I think I'm going to move her to a less dry place next year.
DeeMom: I'd love a walk around the farm accompanied by a cat.
Lisa: Yeah, the drought is getting to be depressing - at least it's the end of the growing season. You had a drought this summer too, right? Has it started raining again in No. WI?
Annie: That's very interesting about the rain lilies and weather systems. I should pay more attention to when mine actually bloom, but my impression is that they really do bloom after it rains.
The dogwood is Cornus florida, which is the one that grows wild around here. That particular one is on the edge of the wooded part of our lot in No. VA.
Wow all beautiful!! You still have a large variety of blooming plant's in the garden! Nice to have so much color & variety this late !
Cat
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