It’s time for summer bloomers. The heat is rising and they love it. It’s time to look for insect predators and to make sure the plants have enough water. We are ahead of the game since we have had over 6 inches of rain so far in May.
Tomorrow, I will join the Six on Saturday crowd. Come see what we are featuring in our gardens this week. This is the hosted website https://gardenruminations.co.uk. Take six photos, put them in a blog and post them. It’s easy and fun.
The cocotte lily is so reliable. It is the best display it has ever had this year.
This is a climbing hydrangea. I planted the vine 4 years ago and this is the first time blooming. It has grown more than 25 feet up the water oak. A hover fly and a bumble bee are enjoying the nectar.
The Rudbeckia ‘Indian summer’ doesn’t read the calendar and it is blooming in spring.
The leaves on the knockout roses have Swiss cheese holes. I finally found the culprit. Saw fly larvae. I expect Neem oil will do the trick.
I love this daylily and the flower stalks are taller than ever.
The lantana ‘Miss Huff’ is enjoying the container that I have it in and is rewarding me with beautiful multicolored blooms.
Hope you are enjoying your weather as much as I am enjoying mine. Nightime temps are consistently over 60F. I have planted caladium bulbs.
Happy gardening!
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My garden seems to be making its own nature calendar this year too. I have also been on the caterpillar hunt this week. We inherited some Box bushes last year and this year the dreaded box moth has found them. They are small enough for me to pick off the caterpillars and I have some scented pellets to attract the adults away from the bushes (although I have no evidence that it is working!)
A lovely colourful six Doc.
Orange-yellow tones are the main ones today. I’m impatiently waiting for my daylilies to bloom, which won’t be long, and for lantana, which I’ll have to wait a little longer, as the heat hasn’t arrived here yet.
Let’s start with the last photo, lantana, how wonderful. I tried to over-winter mine but it didn’t make it. Lovely daylily and confused rudbeckia! Enjoy your week. 🙂
Interesting, how do you use Neem oil to keep away caterpillars? Do you dilute it and spray it on?
I dilute it. 2 tablespoons per quart or I guess about 30cc per liter in metric. Spray it on liberally to be sure they get a good dose.
Thanks, I’ll definitely keep that in mind in future.
Blimey, that rudbeckia is keen! The cocotte lily is a beauty.
It is a stunner. It is a large plant with large leaves so it looks like a brute.
Lovely flowers! I am a little envious of your rainfall and temperatures – it is very cool and extremely dry here. Day lilies and Rudbeckia seem like a distant dream still, so it was lovely to see yours today!
We are blessed here to have beautiful spring and fall weather. July and August are challenging because of heat. January and February can be grey and dreary but I will take it all.
The day lily looks well, I am looking forward to mine coming into bloom but no signs yet. It will be interesting to see how long the rudbekia keeps flowering for.
Lovely Lantana, such colours which will grace your summer garden.
I just have one small day lily flowering at the moment, the rest will come in July! Lovely selection.
The Daylilies are a great way to start out your post, and I’m a huge Lantana fan, too. The colors of summer are special–I love the bright, warm tones! 🙂