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Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on August 12, 2025, 10:19 pm
On the news today, I heard the Chicago area got quite a bit of rain. I wonder if Keith got some rain from the same weather system. I remember him discussing how dry his area was, last year. I wonder if this season has been different.
'Fudingzhu' is giving a summer flush of bloom. Of course, this cultivar blooms off and on, year'round, and is different from most tea olive varieties. Even ONE flower cluster can perfume a relatively large area. Only those who have inhaled tea olive fragrance, knows what the scent is like...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/37nWw3MXwyvbf2UMA
The BUGBANE or BLACK COHOSH, Cimicifuga racemosa, is blooming. It is a woodland favorite...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zenoJCFykPcNqcDp6
BIGLEAF HYDRANGEA is blooming in my garden. This type of Hydrangea, known botanically, as Hydrangea macrophylla, is often less hardy, than some other Hydrangea types, often dying back to the ground, in z6 winters. Since most bloom on "old wood", or stems, at least a year old, the re-growth of some would not bloom, if the plant die-back to the ground. However, this H. macrophylla cultivar is different. IT FLOWERS ON RE-GROWTH, from the root. This is one of the newer "RED" cultivars, and is known as 'Cherry Explosion'...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/m97VsnZNrF3y3NxE7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/N9XqarnCDN1uYdmE9
The UPRIGHT GARDEN PHLOX, Phlox paniculata, is blooming! Here's a WHITE selection. Cultivar is unknown...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LMhYL12pEiHPVWQb8
Here's a DEEP PINK Upright Phlox. Cultivar is also unknown...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sqtmgJU3rtXap4rP6
It's RAIN LILY Time !! Rain lilies are known botanically, as Zephyranthes atamasca. This clump has been growing in this pots, for years, and gets stored, and forgotten about, each winter. I may replant the bulbs into a bigger pot, next year, for a larger planting...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tL1efLnFJ7o334uk8
The EGYPTIAN STAR CLUSTER, Pentas lanceolata, is blooming. I don't know the cultivar of the PINK one (I had this one for years), but the red one is a new plant I got from Logee's, this season. Red is not too common, in this plant type. The red cultivar is 'Ruby Glow'...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/65AzwS3HC5f5qCmF9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gKqGMf7S5JN7Bk3KA
ORIENPET LILIES are blooming! This is a very fragrant, DOUBLE variety...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eEfPuyhCteqibLg6A
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vXiXXP31WuJZHdUj7
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