Today I thought I’d share with you what is still flowering in my garden. As we are nearing the end of summer I didn’t expect to have that much to show you until I stepped outside and started clicking away. The usual suspects are still flowering (read: annuals) and a few summer bloomers are showing their last flowers. Some new kids on the block (planted out last weekend) surprised me with their new blooms but the biggest surprise is the tomato plant you gave me! It has two teeny little flowers. (You understand of course that this tomato plant is my very first attempt at growing a vegetable, so finding a flower on it was a huge surprise!).
So here is my gallery of “A Friday of Flowers” …
[one_half]Dietes bicolour
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[one_half_last]Sweet William
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[one_half]Vinca
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[one_half_last]Tulbaghia Violacea
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[one_half]Predictable Petunias
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[one_half_last]Alyssum
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[one_half]New kid on the block
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[one_half_last]Mandevilla Splenens
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[one_half]Impatiens
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[one_half_last]Newly planted Begonias
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[one_half]Scaevola Aussie Salute
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[one_half_last]My flowering Tomato!
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[one_half]More Sweet William
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[one_half_last]Potato Vine
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[one_half]Last flowering Agapanthus
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[one_half_last]Azalea
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[one_half]Hibiscus
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[one_half_last]New indigenous ground cover
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[one_half]Star Jasmine
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[one_half_last]I don’t know the name**
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My favourite flower at the moment is the Mandevilla Splenens, I love the Scaevola and Hibiscus … but the biggest thrill today was the Tomato!
I hope you like my “Friday Flower Post” – What’s flowering in yours?
Happy Gardening
xxx
* Duranta Sapphire Showers™
** Lobelia (thanks Alistair!)
11 replies on “What’s flowering in my garden”
Hi Christine, you’ve got so much blooming! My front garden is getting ready to be redesigned – I think I’ve mulled over it enough in my mind’s eye to get a move on! I’m considering adding Duranta and your photo I think just cinched the deal!
My garden is snow covered at the moment and so it is a welcome change to see your parade of summer flowers. I don’t have a great deal of expereince growing vegetables and so I would have been thrilled to see the tomato blossom too. Hopefully you will have tomatoes soon.
Such a lovely assortment of flowers in your garden … even if there’s just a few they are all fabulous looking blooms. My favourite is definitely the Scaevola Aussie Salute … and not just because of its’ name either! You have so many plants that are familiar to me and grow here as well.
Hi Christine, You do seem to have loads of great looking flowers. I have Mandevilla too but mine is pink in colour. How is the box doing?
Hi Christine,
There isn’t much flowering over here in England yet, so I’m a little jealous!
In the garden my snowdrops, tulips and daffodils are growing, but a couple of weeks from flowering. Weather seems to be warming up though.
I’m picking spinach, carrots, leeks, curly kale and Brussell sprouts from the allotment. Still waiting for my purple sprouting brocolli.
Your flowers are stunning. Looking forward to reading more. Particularly like the Azalea.
Jono.
Oh my gosh! You have an array of stunning blooms! Your garden is really a visual delight!! I am so excited about your Tomato! This is a good sign and soon you will see the small tomoatoes forming. That is when it gets exciting watching them ripen. I’ll have to do a “What’s flowing in my garden” for you too!!
Thanks Barbie – but in reality, the photos make it seem like there is a lot more going on than there really is. The Aggie’s have finished blooming, the petunias are just about over, those are a few of the last Hibiscus blooms … so Summer is coming to an end. But that means its nearly time to prepare the garden for next Spring, right?
New kid on the block looks like a Duranta and chameleons apparently like them. Do u have any? Chameleons that is… I can’t wait till our garden’s mature enough to provide the habitat for some 🙂
Yes, that is Duranta Sapphire Showers (sorry, couldn’t remember the name when I was writing earlier – I bought them this affternoon – aren’t they lovely? I bought 2 of them).
I don’t have chameleons unfortunately (at least I haven’t seen any yet). I wonder … do they just arrive and set up camp or would we have to get some to introduce into our gardens? Do you know? (oh, and can you tell I am a complete novice at this?? 🙂
Alistair, you made my day! Thank you. I’m learning so much from you and to receive a compliment from you means a lot xxx
Hi Christine,looks like your post is particularly for Barbs, but I don’t care I think your end of season flowers look great, the last one with the small pale blue flowers is Lobelia.