Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Monday, August 17, 2009
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day +2
Late again, but I've been busy.
The weather forecast was wrong every day last week. They kept predicting rain, sometimes a lot of rain, and I worried about the semi-ripe tomatoes cracking after taking up so much water. Turns out I needn't have worried (because it didn't rain), but I picked all the tomatoes that were showing any color at all. The edible plants have been taking up all my gardening time. Not that this is a bad thing, but blogging and other things have faded into the background.
But we do have flowers. Still mostly annuals at Tangled Branches South, and some of these have seen better days, but technically in bloom. The list is the order in which I wrote them down as I was walking around trying to make sure I included everything.
Petunia 'Old Fashioned Vining'
Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness'
Verbena bonariensis
Various basils
Celosia 'Cramer's Amazon'
Cuphea sp. (self-sown, lost track of ID)
Cuphea x 'David Verity'
Petunia 'Superbissima'
Cuphea glutinosa
Calibrachoa, red
Cuphea llavea (bat-faced cuphea)
Lantana 'Dallas Red'
Lantana 'Lucky Red'
Angelonia
Cuphea ignea ('Matchless' and the plain species)
Viola 'Bowles' Black' (still hanging on in this cooler-than-usual summer)
Hibiscus sabdariffa (Thai Red Roselle)
Tagetes lucida
Various thymes
Garlic Chives
Achillea 'Summer Berries'
Verbena hastata 'Pink Spires'
Wormwood
Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle)
Petunias (self-sown from last year's 'Balcony' petunias)
Calamintha nepeta
Celosia 'Sylphid'
Lavender 'Munstead' (rebloom)
Bronze amaranth (self-sown)
Origanum vulgare? (white-flowered oregano)
Nepeta transcaucasica 'Blue Infinity'
Helianthus debilis (was supposed to be 'Key Lime Pie', but isn't)
Helianthus 'Claret' (must have more sunflowers next year!)
Scabiosa 'Black Knight' (really does look black with the right lighting)
Zinnia 'Envy'
Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Carmine Rose'
Salvia 'May Night' (rebloom)
Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights'
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Versailles Tetra'
Nasturtium 'Fordhook Favorites'
Dill
Fennel
Next post: the tomato taste-off between Persimmon and Kellogg's Breakfast...
Labels: in bloom
10 Comments:
i think i have to have some of that Scabiosa 'Black Knight'...gorgeous pictures all the way around!
thank you for sharing..:)
I love that black scabiosa!
Cat & Rosemary: So it's 2 votes then for the black scabiosa? I like it a lot too!
No, three votes for the scabiosa! and I love the sunflower too! I wish I had more space, I'd definitely grow lots of the shorter dark sunflowers.
Gorgeous photos! I'd forgotten that I planted Verbena bonariensis this year until all of a sudden, there it was, blooming!
Love your Scabiosa 'Black Knight.' I really must get some of that.
Wendy: I hadn't grown the dark sunflowers until this year, but they'll definitely be invited back next year. The color & texture are very velvety. I think I need more of the black scabiosa next year too.
Kylee: I didn't deadhead the Verbena bonariensis last year, and it is now everywhere. Including in the gravel driveway many feet from the garden. It's a nice kind of weed to have though.
That black scabiosa is killer. I wish I had saved seeds from the one I grew a couple of years ago.
MBT: I'll try to save some seeds this year (if I remember). Not sure if they're a hybrid, so they might not come true from seed. Let me know if you want some of them.
I adore 'Black Knight'... but am absolutely drooling over those tomatoes. YUM!!!
Blackswamp Girl: Glad you like the 'Black Knight'. Tomatoes are only so-so this year, but still drool-worthy IMHO ;-)
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