It’s summer and some plants are not producing as many flowers as the spring but in this post are some of the newest colorific beauties!
I am going all out on pictures of my Gloriosa Lilies this week. I took a lot of pictures of them because they are one of the MOST fascinating flower to me. The colors, buds, and its vine-like leaves are so interesting to me. I really like to grow unusual, beautiful things so this is IT! I am showing the flowers in various poses and views because I couldn’t make up my mind which I liked best.
GLORIOSA LILIES
The yellow, fiery one is the “Rothschildiana” and the pink is the “Himalayan”.
HIBISCUSES
I have waited over 3 years for this hibiscus to bloom!!! For years I kept it in a pot and watered all year long. No flowers and then it goes dormant in the winter. Not sure if it bloomed during the day but I never saw anything until NOW!!! What a gorgeous little darling! I grew it from seeds so long ago. I don’t even know what kind it was. I am just so thankful it bloomed to make it worthwhile keeping it alive all this time.
Speaking of another first bloomer, this one I’ve also had for 2 seasons prior and never had any flower. This summer is my first time seeing this gigantic reddish pink flower. This is a rose mallow hibiscus called “Evening Rose”. The flower is about 6 inches wide. See how it looks next to my hand? I have small hands I think but for a flower, that’s massive!
FOUR O’CLOCK PLANTS
Four o’clock plants are invasive and out of control sometimes but I really like all of them. In my garden I had planted a variety at one point. The colors I have in my garden right now are these yellow ones below, a white/yellow mix, pinks, salmon colored, and the interesting pink below. They come back every spring and summer.
This pink one I thought would flower during they day like most of her sisters but she didn’t. I kept looking for it during early morning during the day, late afternoon to see when it opened. Then just a few nights ago, I was outside after sunset and there it was, blooming. Sneaky!
DIANTHUS
I think this is a dianthus that I grew from seeds early spring. It’s adorable!
DAHLIA
Another dahlia that I grew from seeds last spring, 2022. It came back bigger and better. Beautiful deep pink, isn’t it?
“MAXIMILLIAN” SUNFLOWERS
I grew these 2 years ago and forgot where I planted them the first year. Second year it came back with a couple of flowers. This year I have a bushel of flowers!
REBLOOMING BEARDED IRISES
I’m not sure what this one is called but it came back again after flowering a few months ago. Underneath the flowers are a whole mess of broken leaves because my dog was chasing a cat and pounced on the leaves. I was surprised it didn’t get stressed out from the broken leaves to produce flowers again.
This one is just a lovely picture of the flowers together. I love this. The red roses are “Cinco de Mayo” roses.
RASPBERRY OR BLACKBERRY?
I have no idea which berry it is. I grew this last year but I forgot which is which. One of the other one died so I’m not sure…I want to say this is a raspberry. Aren’t they cute? They are getting ready to ripe soon. Hopefully I can keep the dogs away.
I wanted to show you these pictures of my terrible looking epiphyllum plant. I was going to cut the dead parts off but took too long to do it until recently I discovered there is NEW growth on the dead looking part. So the moral of this story is that even when things look like there is no hope, don’t throw it out, it MAY grow new things on it. It is still alive. I say give it one more season before you throw out that dead-looking plant.
See the new growth up close…
DESERT ROSES / ADENIUMS
These are continuing to bloom more flowers. I can’t get enough of them so I took more pictures.
That is all for now. I finished a bracelet tonight so I will show it very soon!
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I visited your site. I can read your about. Very good your hobbies. You have good knowledge & experience. Wonderful you doing work . Wonderful you plantation in your yard. Lovely nature plant & flowers plant growing. I like. Natur & flowers. Beautiful Gloriosa Lilies, Hibiscus,Four O’clock plant,DIANTHUS and Other some flowers plant. Excellent photography.
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Thank you so much for your kind and generous compliments. It touched my heart. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know 🙂
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You are most welcome!💐
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Could not resist googling the English name 😝 Hibiscus mutabilis it is.
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Yes, that sounds about right!
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I have a very special connection with this plant. Also, in my native place, it blooms around October, coinciding with one of our major festivals. Every year we waited for the mature ones in the neighborhood to bloom so we could see whose plant flowered the best. She is a star! ☺
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Interesting, I didn’t know that it blooms in Oct. You are teaching me new things about this plant. I love to hear it!
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Happy to share whatever I know! You have many varieties from my native place growing beautifully in your garden, and I love to see all of them doing so well!
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I would love to see it. Perhaps you can share on your post some day.
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Will definitely do! I had shared a few several months ago, and had intended to share more in a follow up post, but then I forgot! Thanks to you, now I remember that I was supposed to write Part 2 of that post.
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Gorgeous lilies! And the adeniums are looking great! Can’t wait to see the one in bloom, I don’t know it by it’s English name, but we call it sthol poddo (land lotus), if it is indeed that very one. The one behind the roses and plumeria, with very healthy foliage. In our parts we have them in variations of pink and white, and all varieties are adorable.
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Thank you! I can’t understand why it won’t bloom for me. It shoots out incredible healthy leaves.I cut it back hoping it would help to bloom but nothing after all these years!
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Haha, that’s her hallmark trait! To make her grower impatient first and then super patient. Your’s looks very young, my guess from observing her height would be not older than 5-7 years. At times she takes longer than that to make her first bud, but she’s in it for the long run. 20-25 years later you will need a pole to fetch her flowers down if you want to photograph them up close. And at her peak blooming stage, her leaves will barely be visible, because of the number and size of the blooms; so have heart, there’s nothing wrong with your plant, and I too wait along with you for her first bud. ☺
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You are right. I looked up some other pictures online and noticed they can get taller than the roof of a house, which I didn’t think they would. I have so many hibiscus so I thought I knew everything about it but didn’t expect this one to get so big. I will need to trim that down a bit this fall, I think. have seen a sister plant of this and I may have posted a few months ago. The flowers are so beautiful but only one or two. Your words are so reassuring to know that there is hope for this plant yet. Thank you for your input. I appreciate it.
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You are always welcome! Oh yeah, the hibiscuses in our neighbourhood, particularly the oldest ones, grew up to the height of jackfruit and mango trees, to the utter dismay of all children and grandmas who are tasked to pick flowers every morning for the daily worship at our homes. Some used poles, some children climbed; not many people gave them a trim though, and I think it’s solely because our collective sense of aesthetic is very different, in terms of everything including gardening. They grow differently with trims, and those look very nice too. More like huge shrubs than trees.
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I had no idea they can get so big. I would love it but my yard would be engulfed in hibiscus trees if they got that big. I haven’t trimmed my trees much yet either.
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I understand the limitation of space now, particularly after moving away from my native place. I am sure you will provide the best care to your hibiscuses, considering how healthy they already are, while still accomodating all the other lovely varieties of flowers in your yard!
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