New growth is forming on both, the Mangosteen and the Lemon Drop Mangosteen:

Mangosteen -

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Hmf6SdZJsSueSBpx7


Lemon Drop -

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KCNF9cUu9Xdt3UtL7



Another ROSE of SHARON has begun blooming. The flowers are semi-double. The cultivar of this one is 'Freedom'...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/33U9JFb378JDpU3f9



The GOLD-BANDED LILY, an Oriental variety, is blooming!


https://photos.app.goo.gl/goTG4Ju14nXCmywTA



This dwarf variety of CLEMATIS is blooming! The cultivar is 'Nubia' of the Boulevard Series...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/FXyW7tLscbc9VJ6K7



The HARDY TAPIOCA or Manihot grahamii, is blooming. This plant is said to be invasive, in the South, but in my yard, seed hasn't set, in multiple years:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/ukK13SDmgZFWSpY26




New leaves are forming on the BREADFRUIT. This is a dwarf Hawaiian cultivar, known as 'Ma Afalla'. For anyone unfamiliar with the tropical fruit, the breadfruit is the plant with the lobed, Philodendron-like leaves...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/GrdHUKpgk5mU5y3F7



Meet JOE...JOE PYE, that is. This is a tall growing hardy perennial wildflower, that blooms in mid summer, and pollinators love. It gets about 7 feet tall, every year...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/TrfckVAXaSoW4WD3A



This is another plant that blooms in the evening (even though it is commonly called Four o' Clock, an afternoon hour). Although this plant often re-seeds in the South, its tubers can be dug and stored over the winter. These were grown from tubers:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/BDtk3LbZdgDXqXWp8



BLACKBERRIES are beginning to change color:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/65D62fb8xLry46Ru6




I don't know if any of you are growing this plant, or know what it is. The plant is epiphytic, meaning it likes to grow on trees. It prefers oak trees. The plant is called the RESURRECTION FERN, because the plant if dormant, turns brown, and can stay this way for months on end. However, if the leaves are moistened, they green up. Here's a piece of oak wood, that has the plant growing on it..


https://photos.app.goo.gl/tWLh78EEZaDBdmcx6



The ROYAL CATCHFLY or Silene regia, blooming with 4 o Clocks and Joe Pye:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/6VZF5NrPzKnuzm4QA



A couple new plants...
One is a variegated Christmas Berry, or Ardisia crenata, I got from Woodlanders. It is a broad-leaved evergreen.
The other is a little Wire Netting Plant, or Corokia cotoneaster. The latter is a New Zealand native:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/oCMvrYQsWXBP7sW97


https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wkw3iFvWtcBT27zj6



Another color of GARDEN PHLOX is blooming:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/HhsG4a5LKXAcd1sK6