Northeast Mississippi, USA zone 7
We are in the midst of a very hot Summer, but thankfully we have had adequate rain.
The butterflies are loving the Butterfly Bush,
Buddleia.
Marigolds have been steady bloomers all Summer.
I bought this Cypress Vine,
Ipomoea quamoclit, at a Master Gardeners' plant sale in Tupelo. I had never seen a white one before.
This Hibiscus was a surprise. Birds must have brought the seeds.
A Butterfly Milkweed that I rescued from the side of the road several years ago. I rescued another one last year. I am thrilled to see both of them blooming this year!
My Geraniums are beginning their second flush of blooms. This pink one is a little ahead of the others.
Crepe Myrtles,
Lagerstroemia, are profuse bloomers, and will make small trees if left to grow into their own shape. Stop the severe pruning known as Crepe Murder!
While photographing the Crepe Myrtles, I caught a glimpse of movement on the ground - a bird bathing in a rain puddle! (The pink on the ground is blooms blown off the Crepe Myrtles).
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I wish that Crepe Myrtles grew here!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Love the profuse blooms on the crape myrtle! Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteYour gardens are so wonderful and I love your captures of the butterfly and bird. Your Crape Myrtles are a bit ahead of ours, which are just forming buds now, so I get to enjoy them early!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't aware that there was a white cypress vine. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI also wish that crepe myrtles grew here (upstate New York). I love them so, almost as much as camillas. Well, not as much as camillas. I promise, I would never commit Crepe Murder and prune them improperly. If only they created one hardy to Zone 5. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI love that Hibiscus. What a gift!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Lea, now that you have milkweed, I hope the monarch butterflies will find your garden. I planted a milkweed a few years ago and have been hosting our beautiful friends every year. They are absolutely amazing. You can see "mine" on my blog.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers! Your butterfly is perfect and I love the little bird.
ReplyDeleteI love that Milkweeds just 'happen'. They are a beautiful orange...
ReplyDeleteI missed posting to GBBD, but i am having a great time looking at the posts. Some of your plants also grow in our hot tropics, i am surprised as you are in the cold zone. They are looking so beautiful in your garden.
ReplyDeleteLove your swallowtail and the bather. '-D
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