Growing Zone 7b USA - Murray, KY

Once again, it's time to show off my blooms here on Wiswell Road.

My daylily beds have been full of blooms, just take a look at these gorgeous blooms.

More Daylilies

I have two beds with daylilies. The first one is around a tree in our front yard. I have tried to keep all orange blooms in this bed, but I see that one yellow bloom surprised me.

The daylilies planted in the second bed have lighter colored blooms.

Purple Coneflowers

Also in this bed, purple coneflowers are blooming.

Lots of gorgeous color with the coneflowers.

Nasturtiums

For the past several years, I have planted nasturtiums but only seem to get a few blooms with lots of stems. I'm open for suggestions to get more blooms.

Hydrangea Garden Progress

I couldn't resist buying two Annabelle hydrangeas at one of our local garden centers. The two sat on my back deck for a few days while we made some additional plans for the Hydrangea Garden.

Before the Annabelles could be planted, I had a Little Lime Hydrangea in the Hydrangea Garden that I felt wasn't getting enough sunlight and needed to be moved to a full sun location.

To get the Little Lime ready for the move, my husband used a shovel to carefully dig around the plant.

He moved the Little Lime to a new sunny location, and I gave it a nice drink. This area is on drip irrigation.

On to the Annabelle plantings . . .

The Annabelles were planted in the Hydrangea Garden.

I think we have the hydrangeas all in the correct planting spots now so mulch should be going in soon in the Hydrangea Garden.

Thanks for stopping by to see my July blooms and thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - Judy.

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Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop @ Ridge Haven Homestead

It has been so hot in our area, and we have had very little rain. I have drip hoses in place to try and help with this lack of rainfall. Today, I am sharing blooms from flowers and bushes growing around our yard, in flower beds and in pots.

Blooms in the Yard

The Red Rocket Crepe Myrtles in our front yard have just started flowering this week. They are just about my favorite summer bush. The crepes in our yard start blooming in mid-July into August.

In the first pic below, you can see the buds on the crepe myrtle. Each bud will open and become a flower in the cluster.

They love the sun and are heat tolerant.

Red Knock-Out Roses

Our Knock-Outs are several years old and need very little care and provide gorgeous red roses. They bloomed around Mother's Day and then again for the 4th of July. They will continue blooming all summer. I have drip hoses around them to give them lots of water.

Blooms in the Orange Flower Bed

A few years ago, my husband asked if we could have a bed that was all orange flowers. He helped me make the bed and we planted orange lilies. This bed isn't irrigated, so I'm surprised there are still blooms with our dry summer.

There are a few lilies still blooming in another bed in the front yard.

Canas are blooming and more Black-Eyed Susan blooms in yet another bed in the front yard.

Blooms in the Garden Wall Bed

There is a 2–3-foot brick wall along our driveway before you go in the garage. The picture below was taken in May, I just wanted you to get the idea of the Garden Wall. There are two benches on the drive-way side of the wall.

On the other side of the wall is the flower bed I refer to as the Garden Wall Bed. Let's look at the flowers in this 15-foot flower bed.

There is one lone dahlia in my Garden Wall Bed, it has been a good bloomer. I bought it at a garden show, but it was only labeled as a dahlia. I am thinking it may be an Alfred Grille dahlia. If you know, please leave me a message and let me know. It is a beautiful pink color with yellow in the center. I hope to grow more dahlias next year.

Black-Eyed Susans (rudbeckia) are in both ends of the bed. They will take over the bed if I don't try to keep them under control. The pot on the wall is an upright white verbena with only a few blooms this week. The pink blooms below the birdhouse are Cleome (spider flowers).