April can be our dangerous month here in the American South. This year that was not the case. May often brings hot and sunny weather. True to form, that is true. We have blue skies and hot weather. The plants love it.
Every Saturday, I share my blog with the Six on Saturday crowd. This is a group of gardeners sharing 6 photos of the day/week. It is great fun. Come and have a look. If you would like, share 6 of your own. You are welcome.
Here is the link https://gardenruminations.co.uk. Jim Stephens is the host.
Here are my six for this week.
The first plant is a Blephilia which is known as hairy wood mint. It is pagoda style.
I moved the Mock Orange to a morning sun location and I have been rewarded.
The cocotte lily is in a full sun location and it is thriving. Last year, I amended the soil with leaf litter and compost. It is working.
My first dahlia is blooming. It does get tall so I will be cutting this one back soon.
The second is a milkweed (Asclepius tuberose). It is the host plant for the monarch butterfly which overwinters on the Alabama Gulf Coast near Fort Morgan. I am anticipating their arrival.
The last is the poinsettia that I overwintered. It is looking glorious now that it is out in the sun and warm temperatures.
Happy Gardening!
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I love the Cocotte Lily and wow a dahlia already. My Poinsettia are looing sad now, I hadn’t considered popping them outside. But that may not work in my climate.
I do put mine out once frost risk is gone. I try to place them in a well lit location but in part sun.
You’d have to keep it in a pot and bring it in, likely. They thrive like weeds in San Diego – don’t seem to spread, but pop one in the ground it will live forever.
Mock orange still, Mock orange again !… the flowers are really beautiful ! Do they smell good?
Mock Orange beginning. They don’t have much fragrance.
I can almost smell the mock orange from here. Mine is covered with buds but have yet to open.
I have just noticed a few buds so far. I must check on the fragrance.
Your A. tuberosa is quite far along, though I suppose it must be for the monarchs that have hit the road. I have A verticillata, but no sign yet of tuberosa or incarnata yet, but that is normal here! I am enjoying my violets and noting that other people’s Aquilegia canadensis is already blooming, but I have only foliage so far. Garden envy!
Lovely to see the flowers on the mock orange. I love the perfume, I’m not sure mine will flower this year as it was cut tight back in recent years. Wow – you have a dahlia flowering! Here the dahlia tubers are just beginning to sprout!
Your Monarch butterflies are going to be happy! My mock orange is covered with buds but not out yet, when it does flower the perfume is wonderful. Love your bright yellow lilies!
Amazing lily and well done for over- wintering the Pontsettia. We used to have a huge plant of it in my childhood garden it grew quite huge with its acrid sap, as I remember. 🌸