The first lilies to bloom in my garden, was the St. Bruno's lily, followed by the Madonna lily, then hybrid Tiger lilies, followed by Asiatic lilies, and then, daylilies, BUT NOW, the ORIENTAL lilies and Hybrids thereof, are chiming in. Here is a DOUBLE Oriental lily. The scent is amazing!



https://photos.app.goo.gl/uoz1DNoQ2ArmyHrFA



Here is a ZINNIA blooming in front of the RASPBERRY MOON fancy-leaved Caladium, I got from Brian's Botanicals. The colors seem to go well together, for a tropical effect...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/cfDDDAZo1uqWtjTRA



Well, the "late to begin growing" fancy-leaf Caladiums, seem to have come into their own, in the summer. Here they are, with some coral DOUBLE ROSEBUD IMPATIENS...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/ekjAZtsWUH4a9aCe7



The BALLOON FLOWERS, Platycodon grandiflorus, are blooming...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/ur79GAnGyBijrmCv7



The FIRECRACKER FLOWER, Crossandra indifundibuliformis, is blooming...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/dVkrtqukrVjEs3zK7



Here's another DOUBLE ORIENTAL LILY hybrid, in bloom, in my garden. Like the other pictured Oriental lily, in this post, this one also has an exquisite scent...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/MsZx6pqj65wRNWKe7



- NEW PLANT -


Here is a new PEACH tree, I planted, after I got it from a local Meijer. It was marked down, as the "spring plants", they offered, this year, are nearing the end. I think I nabbed a good 5-gallon one, though. The plant stands 5 ft tall, planted. The cultivar, is 'Contender'. This cultivar is considered one of the cold-hardiest peaches, and reputed to thrive in z5 climates, even. I think someone posted amessage about peaches not doing well, in zone 5. Peaches thriving, in z5, depends
on the cultivar!


https://photos.app.goo.gl/j7Wa1fxJvWWFeWfDA



In the past, I mentioned that my Dropmore Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle, often produced fragrant, female flowers. Here is a fragrant female flower. It grew as a pup, from the root of my Dropmore Scarlet vine. It seems to have characteristics of one of Dropmore Scarlet's parents. Odd...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/HVsAp9HbpRNRnLt2A




Here's another variegated PITTOSPORUM. This one is a Pittosporum tobira variegata, though, and not a P. heterophyllum...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/FaZ78Poz1Q7ABFCbA



It's time for the CONEFLOWERS, Echinacea angustifolia, to chiming in! Bees love these flowers, and when the flowers are spent, finches love to dine on the seed heads...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/7bMx8DVtjDK9T4N98



Another LILY is BLOOMING! This one is a hybrid of an Oriental lily with an Aurelian trumpet type. The combination of Oriental with trumpet, gives the class of lily, to which the pictured one belongs: ORIENPETS. These lilies are often dubbed TREE LILIES, because their stems are erect and strong enough, to be erect, without tying/staking...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/21QjYBmSVpeWhxCA9



The EGYPTIAN STAR FLOWERS, Pentas lanceolata, is blooming...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zr6X6YEPyBoakM8Y9



The WOOD SORREL, Oxalis crassipes 'Cherry Spritzer', is blooming...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/LXFbNbzer8CDyaAHA