My photo
Welcome! As "Annie in Austin" I blog about gardening in Austin, TX with occasional looks back at our former gardens in Illinois. My husband Philo & I also make videos - some use garden images as background for my original songs, some capture Austin events & sometimes we share videos of birds in our garden. Come talk about gardens, movies, music, genealogy and Austin at the Transplantable Rose and listen to my original songs on YouTube. For an overview read Three Gardens, Twenty Years. Unless noted, these words and photos are my copyrighted work.

Monday, June 15, 2009

GBBD List for June, 2009

My Garden Blogger Bloom Day story and photos can be found at The Transplantable Rose.

Over here you get the list of botanical names and whatever photos Blogger insisted on turning sideways.



  1. Abelia chinensis/Abelia, four white shrubs
  2. Abelia chinensis two unnamed pink shrubs
  3. Abelia chinensis 'Edward Goucher' smaller pink shrub
  4. Achillea 'Moonshine', many flowers
  5. Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii, Flame acanthus from Pam/Digging doing really well;
  6. Antirrhinum majus, Yellow snapdragons beginning to shrivel
  7. Asclepias curassavica, tropical milkweed, two plants with lots of flowers
  8. Barleria cristata/Philippine violet. A couple of stray flowers
  9. Brugmansia - unnamed variety Yellow Angels trumpet -one flower + buds
  10. Calibrachoa hybrids, annual, some from Natural Gardener, some from Shoal Creek Nursery, stressed but still blooming in heat
  11. Canna X generalis 'City of Portland'- buds
  12. Canna X generalis, unnamed tall, bright green-leaved - has a few red-orange flowers
  13. Canna americanallis 'Bengal Tiger' syn 'Praetoria' - big bloom in front garden
  14. Capsicum annuum – garden peppers, some flowers
  15. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides/Hardy Plumbago, AKA Blue Leadwort, just opened a few dark blue flowers.
  16. Consolida ajacis, Larkspur – couple of blooming plants
  17. Coriandrum sativum., cilantro - still blooming
  18. Crocosmia, unidentified may be ‘Lucifer’, in bud
  19. Cuphea ignea, orange Cigar flower, loaded with little orange flowers
  20. Cuphea llavea – small pink & lavender form (two plants) one in full bloom
  21. Cuphea llavea –red & purple ‘Batfaced’ in bloom
  22. Cuphea llavea 'Georgia Scarlet', has red-orange & purple flowers;
  23. Delosperma cooperi ? Dark pink flowered hardy ice plant, spreading over gravel walk in Pink Garden - couple of flowers
  24. Dendranthema x grandiflora? a few bronze-orange flowers left
  25. Dianthus – several colors of ‘Telstar’ hybrids in assorted containers
  26. Dietes bicolor, African Iris, butterfly iris in bloom
  27. Echinacea purpurea just starting
  28. Echinacea purpurea alba? – a white cultivar, one in bud
  29. Echinacea purpurea ‘Purple Stars now in flower
  30. Evolvulus glomeratus, Blue Daze, several plants in bloom
  31. Gaura lindheimerii ‘The Bride’ (two plants), nonstop
  32. Gaura lindheimerii, unknown tall rose-pink variety (‘Pink Cloud’?), many flowers
  33. Helianthus, unknown, gigantic, annual sunflower with many buds and one open flower going to seed
  34. Hemerocallis citrina, still a few buds to open
  35. Hemerocallis cultivar 'Vi's Apricot' - a few open
  36. Hemerocallis cultivar 'Happy Returns' in rebloom
  37. Hesperaloe parviflora, Red yucca - amazingly long bloom time
  38. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Blue River II’, new huge white flowers each day
  39. Hibiscus syriacus/Rose of Sharon, white and purple flowers
  40. Impatiens walleriana, bedding impatiens. A few plants blooming in Secret Garden container
  41. Indigofera amblyantha? /pink false indigo - couple of wands
  42. Jatropha integerrima 'Compacta' couple of flowers
  43. Jasminium sambac, Sambac jasmine, a few buds, one flower
  44. Lagerstroemia indica, hot pink crepe myrtles just beginning
  45. Lagerstroemia x hybrida ‘Acoma’ white crepe myrtles (2 trees); full bloom
  46. Lantana, unknown varieties both upright and trailing – lavender, white and gold, in bloom
  47. Lavendula heterophylla, Sweet Lavender still covered in flowers!
  48. Lavandula intermedia 'Provence', fragrant, two plants, couple of flowers
  49. Lilium hybrid 'Aruba', Pink oriental lilies in bud
  50. Liriope muscari/Lilyturf, in long lines all over the place, a few in bloom
  51. Lonicera sempervirens, coral honeysuckle in bloom
  52. Lycopersicon lycopersicum, flowering but probably too hot to set fruit
  53. Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina' a few stray blooms
  54. Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii/Turkscap or Red Wax Mallow (two plants)have flowers
  55. Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii, white form of Turkscap/Wax Mallow (two plants in secret garden),couple of buds
  56. Melampodium leucanthum / Blackfoot daisy - 6 plants live! they have flowers!
  57. Myrtus communis nana/ dwarf Greek myrtle - few stray flowers
  58. Nerium oleander/ double yellow oleander 'Mathilde Ferrier' - still buds and flowers
  59. Nicotiana 'Perfume Deep Purple', annuals from Shoal Creek a few flowers
  60. Ocimum basilicum, Basil - keep trying to bloom and I keep cutting off flowers
  61. Pavonia lasiopetala, pink rock rose, makes flowers but leaves are always mildewed
  62. Pelargonium hybrids– assorted bedding geraniums, red, white & coral - all in bloom
  63. Pelargonium hybrid, 'Fantasia Salmon', zonal geranium in breakfast room window, in bud
  64. Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian Sage (two beds), floppy but making flowers
  65. Platycodon 'Fugi White', has flowers
  66. Platycodon grandiflorus (several plants), Blue Balloon Flower - great bloom
  67. Platycodon 'Miss Tilly' (3 plants), doing fine
  68. Plumbago auriculata (two shrubs), many pale blue flowers
  69. Plumeria unknown species/Frangipani, creamy yellow, in bud
  70. Poliomintha longiflora, Mexican oregano (3 plants), all blooming
  71. Portulaca - reseeded Moss Roses and Flowering Purslanes, all blooming
  72. Punica granatum 'Nana'/ dwarf pomegranate, couple of flowers
  73. Rosa ‘Champagne’ mini rose, delicate pink , two plants couple of roses
  74. Rosa floribunda ‘Julia Child’, butter-yellow rose - fighting blackspot, trying to make buds
  75. Rosa 'Mutabilis' (two good-sized plants) nonstop bloom
  76. Russelia equisetiformis, Firecracker plant - blooming nicely
  77. Salvia coccinea, red Hummingbird sage flowering well
  78. Salvia coccinea, white Hummingbird sage, flowering well
  79. Salvia coccinea ‘Coral Nymph’, coral pink Hummingbird sage, a few flowers
  80. Salvia elegans/Pineapple sage – a few flowers
  81. Salvia farinacea, Mealy Blue sage, wandlike flowers, in bloom
  82. Salvia greggii, many plants in creamy white, deep rose, true red, cherry red, most have flowers
  83. Salvia guaranitica, Majestic blue sage, in bloom
  84. Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue', in bloom
  85. Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' (2 plants), nonstop flowers
  86. Salvia X 'Nuevo Leon' (several borders and containers), many small violet flowers
  87. Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’/Dwarf Blue Cushionflower, a few flowers
  88. Scutellaria suffrutescens, pink skullcap, two plants dependable pink bloomer
  89. Sedum, little varieties with white flowers
  90. Tradescantia geniculata, groundcover , in bloom
  91. Verbena bonariensis – full bloom all over the place
  92. Vitex agnus-castus / Chaste tree - started flowering last week
  93. Zantedeschia unknown species/Calla lilies, spotted white, three flowers
  94. Zephyranthes 'Labuffarosea', Pink rainlily, one flower
  95. Zinnia linearis/ syn Zinnia angustifolia, several plants, reseeded and in bloom



May Dreams Carol will have the roundup and links to the other blogs participating in GBBD.