This week it is definitely warmer and the forecast is for little or no rain for the next 10 days. The sky is becoming a little hazy as the humidity rises. The grass is greening up and the lilies are blooming while the caladiums are breaking through the surface of the soil.
It feel more like summer this week.
School will be letting out soon so the traffic will thin. This is Memorial Day weekend so the city will be quieter as families will be headed to the Gulf Coast or lake houses for the unofficial first weekend of summer.
Here are my six for this week.
The walking iris (Neomarica sp) continues to put out blooms. I have it in a container since I do not think it will survive winter in the ground. It is a one day bloomer. It is very easy to propagate by layering the stalk with the spent bloom into a plastic pot.
The Lamb’s ear (Stahys sp) is able to survive the winter and then looks glorious in the spring. It has begun to bloom now which is also a very showy display. It makes a wonderful ground cover in sunny or part shade areas.
The Cocotte lilies are making a grand display now. The plant is about 3 feet tall with at least a dozen blooms on each stalk. It seems to able to support itself without any staking which is a bonus.
The bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) is native to Alabama and will flower soon. This one has a shrub like habit.
This iris has a very deep blue color not captured in this photo.
The magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) has been blooming about a week. This bloom is nearly a foot across and the scent is lemon like. The tree itself is about 30 feet high and about the same across. It is set back on the property where the leaves don’t disturb the grass and other garden plants. The leaves are very dense and slow to degrade so they can be messy in the garden.
Thanks for joining me today and please return tomorrow on Six on Saturday where Jim Stephens is hosting our group. Gardners far and wide share their Six on Saturday blogs there. The link is https://gardenruminations.co.uk/category/six-on-saturday/
Happy Gardening!
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How lovely to have a dozen blooms per lily and the Magnolia looks wonderful. I know what you mean about its leaves, my Camellia leaves are similar and just falling a little as we have been without rainfall for a few weeks and the garden is thirsty.
I always get caught out with your early school holidays, how wonderful to be out of school for June and July, but how they copy with such a long school term from August to Christmas, I don’t know. Here schools will be in until mid July, but don’t return until early September. Different place, different ways.
Great plants to highlight! That Iris, in particular, is beautiful. Happy Six on Saturday!
A lovely Six.
Beautiful photos! I especially appreciate the photo of the Walking Iris. Someone gave me a division of their plant several years ago and it hasn’t ever bloomed for me. So it is great to see your photo of it in bloom. My friend treated it as a houseplant, but I have it in a pot on the deck in partial shade. I guess keeping it alive is the first step. The Magnolia is just stunning. I can’t remember seeing one around here with such colorful stamens. We got your rain last week- it rained nearly every day in coastal Virginia. Such a blessing!