Growing Zone 7b USA - Murray, KY
It's September and time to show our blooms over at Carol J. Michel's Blog. Come join me and take a look at my September blooms.
Growing on the Porch
Impatients
The Impatients on our back deck are still giving us lots of color and the butterflies enjoy the nectar.
Begonia
Geranium
Pots Along the Back Walk
Lantana
Another plant still blooming is Lantana. Happy that I used red and yellow lantana in my pots in the spring because those colors work perfect for fall.
This lantana was in my shop all winter and survived. We use grow lights and some heat to get the plants through the winter.
Another pollinator enjoying a drink on the lantana.
Cannas
A yellow bloom is on my canna plants in September. I have Cannas in pots that bloom in yellow and red.
Mandeville
The blooms are getting scarce on my Mandeville plant in September. I got a quick shot of a hummingbird moth on one of the blooms. They move very quickly once done drinking.
I need to get this plant moved to the shop for the winter. Once the nighttime temps start to drop a little, it is time to get them inside for the winter.
Growing in the Beds
Knockout Roses
Our knockouts are still blooming in the front sidewalk area. They should bloom through late October or early November. Frost will take care of the blooms then we will cut them way back.
Little Lime Hydrangea
A couple of new blooms are on my Little Lime Hydrangea that we moved to one of the Sunny Sidewalk beds in the backyard so it would get more sunlight.
That's it for my September blooms. Happy gardening - Judy.
Linking to:
Mosaic Monday @ South and Mind and So On - Sunday
I always liked lantana, but it's just a little too cold here for it to survive winter. They sell it as an annual.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers and butterflies.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers captured!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful garden! I'm glad your plants are doing well.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your butterflies - we've had so few this year, and it's reassuring that they seem to be enjoying someone else's yard. This was a good year for our lantana, too. We don't try to overwinter it, and it's too bad, because the variegated one I have is one that few nurseries sell. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful garden! What pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors. So very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour shot of the Hummingbird moth on the Mandevilla is amazing! I've had several visit my butterfly bushes but I haven't been able to capture them nectaring. Your timing is great! Love all your flowers, the yellow Canna in particular. Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing shots, very talented.
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That's a lovely assortment of late summer blooms, Judy! My own begonias - all of them - were incinerated by a recent heatwave, which was disappointing. Congratulations on the photo of the hummingbird moth - I haven't seen one of those here in a few years now.
ReplyDeleteLoving your colours. Lantana, sadly is classed as a bit of a pest here but it's still very pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I so miss having a garden since moving into an appartment - the tubs on my balcony are doing me proud right now though, violas, geraniums and a few reamaing petunias!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely flowers! I also grow some knock out rose bushes but I have to surround them with chicken wire fences or esles the deer eat them right down to the ground--thorns and all!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are just beautiful, especially for September! Kentucky soil and weather and Judy's green thumb as a combination are obviously perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy post! I'm seeing a lot of mums around Minnesota.
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