Seriously! this month is so bad. I am feeling so sorry for everyone suffering under hurricane Sally. Central Florida got off easy with just a ton of rain, heavy cloud cover and humidity so high one does not know if to breath or swallow.
Showing posts with label garden bloggers' bloom day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden bloggers' bloom day. Show all posts
August Flowers in Central Florida for Bloom Day 2020
This bromeliad's common name is burning bush bromeliad, what a fitting name! The bed around the oak tree gets morning and late afternoon sun.
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| Aechmea ramosa x fulgens |
July 2020, Flowers in Myrtle Glen
The summer heat in Central Florida is like running into a brick wall. The only times in the day I enjoy the garden is in early morning and the early evening hours.
What's flowering in June 2020
June started out very rainy, I believe it was tropical storm Cristobal's fault, but after a fairly dry May the plants soak up the rain. By mid-month it is steamy hot here.
Let's see, the Lotus is still flowering, I just can't get enough of it's beauty
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| Nelumbo lutea, Yellow Lotus |
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day in May
May is my most favorite month in my Florida garden, where ever I look I see flowers.
It seems to me in May the plants are simply happy. Happy for the spring rains to break the winter's dry months, happy for the warm temperatures, happy that I am done with cutting them back, happy I fed them yummy organic fertilizers, happy for the butterflies, bees, birds and all the other critters to be out and about.
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| Encyclia tampensis |
And I believe the plants are happy that I am happy.
January 2020 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day in Orlando Florida, zone 9b
Not many flowers in Myrtle Glen in January besides the ones that bloom all year round such as Vanda Terete 'Alba', Blue Pea Vine, 'Louis Philippe', or Florida Cracker Rose (China Rose) and the volunteer salvias in different colors.
This red passiflora vitifolia flowers non stop
This red passiflora vitifolia flowers non stop
Bloom Day - August 2018
A month goes by so fast. I am trying to be better at following May Dream Gardens' monthly bloom day event. Life just has a way of tossing stones into my schedule path. And here I am, late once again!
This spider lily is a reliable bloomer, all through summer time. I received a few bulbs from a garden friend many years ago.
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| spider lily, Hymenocallis acutifolia |
Flowers in July
Oh, so nice and hot and steamy Central Florida in July! It is like inside a greenhouse so humid one has to think to breathe and not swallow.
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| Begonia coccinea |
What's blooming - March 2018
During the last couple months, four severe winter storms up north pushed cold temperatures into Florida, not freezing but chilly and cold enough for my tropicals to sulk. February flowers are this year's March flowers.
What's blooming - August 2016
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens
August. Florida. Heat. Humidity. But still, where ever I look I see flowers in Myrtle Glen.
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What's blooming - February 2012
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens
We have an extreme mild winter this year, besides a few frost bitten leaves there is no damage in the garden.
Here is what is blooming in February in Myrtle Glen, Central Florida zone 9b
Bromeliads (Neoregelia McWilliamsii, Billbergia wentii, Quesnelia testudo, Aechmea maculata)
Not pictured: Aechmea Black Jack, Aechmea Del Mar, Aechmea gamosepala 'matchstick'
