Garden Bloggers Bloom Day August 2009

by Kathy Purdy on August 15, 2009 · 18 comments

Here are a few highlights of my August garden.

These Oriental lilies were from an unnamed mix purchased twelve years ago.

I purchased a twenty-bulb mix of Oriental lilies twelve years ago, and only a few of them remain, but they are very vigorous. I know I got them twelve years ago, because I planted them the same spring my son was born. The same spring my gall bladder acted up. It was not a very good year for getting things done in the garden, but I’m glad I planted these lilies in between gall bladder attacks and diaper changes.

My daughter Cadie planted these Grandpa Otts morning glories.

For at least three years, my daughter Cadie has planted several different kinds of morning glories along the chicken wire fence. So far only the Grandpa Otts is blooming. Maybe the others need more heat? If so, they’ll be getting it this week.

This is the first year I've managed to have Korean angelica blooming in my garden

I’ve wanted Angelica gigas for years, and tried several times to grow it from seed without success. I read, more than once, that you need fresh seed to be successful. That usually means you have to know someone already growing it, who can give you seed as soon as it’s ripe. Last year I finally visited a gardener who was growing it. She did not give me seed, but seedlings, two of which wintered over in my garden, one of which has just started blooming. I’m hoping it will self sow here, and perhaps the other plant will bloom next year.

Complete List (or as complete as I can make it)

Pansies
Petunias
Malva sylvestris ex ‘Bibor Felho’
Lemon Cap daylily
Bright Eyes phlox
Cerise Queen yarrow
globe thistle
Six Hills Giant catmint
Tunic Flower
‘Wanderin Wind’ rose
Cynanchum ascyrifolium
Dot Purple mountain bluet
hollyhocks
Starfire phlox
larkspur
Shirley poppies
‘Lauren’s Grape’
peony poppies
black-eyed Susans, plain yellow & with rusty eye
Pardon Me daylily
Moonlight coreopsis (not Moonbeam)
other daylilies with forgotten names
Commotion blanket flowers
Endless Summer hydrangea
short little astilbe whose name I don’t know
Francee hosta
So Sweet hosta
Zahara yellow zinnia
Fantasia Cardinal Red geranium
Flirtation Orange diascia
Augusta Blue Skies nierembergia
Snow Princess alyssum
Superbena Pink Parfait verbena
Illusion Midnight Lace sweet potato vine
Red Shift coreopsis
Rekohu Sunrise carex
Illusion Emerald Lace sweet potato vine
Darla Light Pink diascia
red glads
Zebrina mallow
perennial flax
sunflowers the chipmunks planted
the frozen dahlia
golden feverfew
Joe Pye weed (native; growing wild)
goldenrod
white aster, maybe white wood aster
Geranium sanguineum var striatum
White Wonder feverfew seed donated by Renees Garden
orange and yellow jewelweed (native; growing wild)
ornamental peppers
Johnny-jump-ups
Grandpa Ott’s morning glories
Blue Stocking bee balm
creeping bellflower
Sneezeweed yarrow
flowering tobacco
Henry lily
Rose of Sharon shrub

Inspired by the words of Elizabeth Lawrence, “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year,” Carol of May Dreams Gardens started Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. On the 15th of every month, garden bloggers from all over the world publish what is currently blooming in their gardens, and leave a link in Mr. Linky and the comments of May Dreams Gardens.

12 Kathy Purdy August 16, 2009 at 10:12 pm: Les, some people say Grandpa Otts is invasive. Certainly it seems more vigorous than any of the other morning glories we planted this year. Kind of ironic, seeing as it was the first seed the Wheatleys saved, that inspired them to start the Seed Saver’s Exchange.

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13 Linda Lehmusvirta August 16, 2009 at 5:04 pm Twitter: @LindaCTG

I wish we could have lilies like that for 12 years. Since they’re not named, perhaps you should name them for your son! What a great gardening family you have.

I have an angelica here. It dies back at the first sign of heat but explodes in fall.
Linda Lehmusvirta´s last blog ..From Linda: Bloom Day August 15, 2009

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14 Kathy Purdy August 16, 2009 at 10:13 pm: The lilies weren’t labeled, Linda, but they look like Stargazer and I suspect that’s what they are. And did you notice the larkspur blooming with them? That blooms for you in, what, early April?

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15 Carol, May Dreams Gardens August 16, 2009 at 11:29 am Twitter: @Indygardener

I’ve heard of Angelica but never tried to grow it in my garden. It’s a fairly large plant, isn’t it?
Carol, May Dreams Gardens´s last blog ..Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2009

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16 Kathy Purdy August 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm: Yes, the blooming one is about five feet tall.

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17 Mr. McGregor's Daughter August 16, 2009 at 10:32 am Twitter: @suburbangarden

I love the mystery Lilies, they are so full and such a great color. The Angelica is gorgeous, I hope it becomes a permanent resident.
Mr. McGregor’s Daughter´s last blog ..August Bloom Day -The 2d Blogaversary

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18 Muum August 15, 2009 at 11:10 pm