Continuing with natives that are wrapping up the season...
Triteleia ixioides
A few irises left, blooming in the deep parts of the meadow.
Gilia tricolor regularly has a long season in my garden.
The Fremontodendron may flower all year long when it matures. Right now, just spring flowers.
California poppies (Eschscholzia californica)
Small picutres of small flowers. Clockwise from upper left, Allium unifolium, Dichelostemma ida-maia, Satureja douglasii, Camassia sp.
I'm happy that Calycanthus occidentalis bloomed this year. Last year it did not, presumably because I pruned it too hard. Or something.
That's all for the natives. San Francisco's cool, foggy summers and frost-free winters let us grow plants from the tropical mountain forests of Central and South America without any extra care. Bartlettina sordida, Fuchsia boliviana alba (twice), Tibouchina urvilleana.
Then there's a bunch of stuff from all over, mostly Mediterranean climates, that people grow all over the Bay Area.
Not shown: Arctotis, Cerinthe major, Cobaea scandens, Salvia spathacea, Sisyrinchium bellum, other garden salvias, other Senecios.
For more blooms from all over, visit May Dreams Gardens.
10 comments:
That looks like Salvia spathacea behind the birdbath, partly shown.
Those same rains knocked my single silver bush lupine flower spike into a weird shape too, but I was lucky enough to have already taken a photo of it before it was damaged.
You're right! Late rains: love/hate them.
What great blooms. Too bad the rains took out some of your flowers. The rains never made it to us down south in San Diego, so my carpenteria got to finish its blooming uninterrupted. It looks like you've got a lot of other plants that were pretty thrilled with the water, though!
Enjoyed the native show. It's been a good year for calycanthus. Our eastern native 'sweet shrub' has been blooming for two months. Suckers everywhere forming a little grove.
As usual your garden is full of interesting and beautiful flowers!
Hi Chuck, so many tubular flowers, you must have lots of hummingbirds? I sowed arctotis in the greenhouse and outdoors with zero results. Funny, I had never heard of it, but liked the photo, maybe I had seen it on your blog and forgot?
Frances
The Bartlettina sordida is my favorite, though the Carpentaria is way cool. Now if the breeders worked on Eupatorium a bit they could get it looking more like the Bartlettina.
Your diversity is amazing, especially in light of your previous post of what the garden looked like when you started out.
Wow -
I'm just blown away by the beauty and variety of your garden. And as always, coveting that Carpinteria Californica!
Chloe M.
I love the way your garden is packed full of beautiful flowering plants - paradise!
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