Tuberous begonias still going strong!
Oh-so-fragrant lilies.
More lilies, hydrangea, dahlias.
August may be the most fragrant in my garden. Clerodendrum trichotomum adds it's jasmine-like scent and is a humming bird magnet.
Begonia boliviensis
Nasturtium
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pistachio' makes me smile with it's loud color combination.
A few of the fuchsias.
Solanum quitoense
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Golden Arrow'
Abutilons
Rose inherited with the yard and thalictrum.
Joseph's Coat rose
Dichroa febrifuga is lovely now but the sapphire-colored clusters of berries that follow the blooms are amazing!
sweet peas
Brugmansias blooming like crazy!
Sweet little late summer friends, the hardy cyclemen are popping up all over the garden. This brave clump competes successfully with timber bamboo roots!
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"lilies, hydrangea and dahlias" oh my! Looking good...very floriferous up there in Tacoma!
ReplyDeleteBlue, orange, and pink...Who puts those colors together?
DeleteLooking good! But, wait? That poufy flower is a Nasturtium?
ReplyDeleteThanks! The poufy flower is a double nasturtium that I got at Valley Nursery in Poulsbo!
DeleteSo much beautiful going on there! I LOVE your pistachio Hydrangea. But the shot with the red banana is my favourite for obvious reasons.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like Pistachio. In the beginning, I thought I might only like Pistachio because of its novelty but as the weeks have gone by, those weird blooms still make me smile!
DeleteOh wow, we'd get along fabulously as I love everything you've shown here. That H. Pistachio is fabu-fabu! and those tuberous begonias are incredible! I have a real problem here keeping begonias happy as I have issues with mildew that I have to be very vigilant or it gets out of control. I love your happy, eclectic mix of plants! Yum!
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's kind of an unplanned visual cacophony in my garden as I'm one of those impulse plant buyers. I was reading your blog the other day and saw your brother's pond & surrounding rockwork - AMAZINGLY gorgeous!
DeleteOh my yes, my brother's rock work is incredible. He is an amazing person. They don't call New Hampshire the Granite State for nothing! LOL
DeleteIt brings back fond memories of my Uncle's rock work in Vermont!
DeleteVery beautiful and exotic to my midwestern eyes. I love that clerodendrum. Also the abutilon and hardy cyclamen.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The clerodendrum is lovely & it's leaves smell like peanut butter when bruised but it can create quite a thicket! Having moved here from a zone 3 garden, I'm still amazed at how exotic things can look here!
DeleteSweet jesus.... why has no one else commented on the rare and elusive beauty that is Dichroa febrifuga! I guess they are waiting patiently to see it fruit. I have been lusting [panting no less!] for this plant but have always pulled back at the last minute, worried that it would not last a winter for me. I know I can get it at a decent price from Fraser's Thimble Farms on Salt Spring's Island in BC..... thanks Peter, you've officially joined that elusive rank of being a favourite enabler! What can you tell me about this beauty?
ReplyDeleteI first saw this in full and glorious fruit at Heronswood many years ago & immediately fell in lust! I've killed a couple but since we now have a local grower, Steamboat Islad nursery, that produces these for us addicts, I continue to plant them. The one in the picture made it through a couple of winters during which the temperatures were in the low teens (F) without protection. It starts blooming for me late in July and berries come in late September.
DeleteThe following is from San Marcos Growers' (California) website: Dichroa febrifuga A 3 to 7 foot tall by 5 foot wide, half-hardy evergreen shrub from the Hydrangea family. The 4 to 8 inch long dark green leaves resemble the foliage of Hydrangea with prominent veins and small serrations. The terminal end of the branches hold clusters of hydrangea-like flowers with white buds opening to bright blue flowers in spring and summer that are followed by metallic blue berries. As with the blue forms of Hydrangea the shade of blue of the flower is determined by soil pH (actually the availability of aluminum) and more acid soils produce bluer flowers. Plant in part sun to light shade with moderately moist soil. It is hardy and evergreen to 20-25 degrees F but defoliates much below these temperatures but plants knocked back by cold resprout from hard wood. Dichroa febrifuga is native to Nepal eastwards to southern China and into south-east Asia, where it grows at the forest edge. The specific epithet "febrifuga" is from the Latin words 'febris' meaning "fever" and 'fugare' meaning "to expel" in reference to this plants use of the plant as a febrifuge, acting to reduce fever. Herbalists have for centuries used the roots containing the chemical halofuginone for this treatment and its use as such is reported in the Himalayas, Malaysia and China. Additionally the plant is reportedly cultivated in Russia as an anti-malarial herb
Thanks so much for the info Peter! Nepal huh? I'm already reaching for the trusty Zonal Denial Membership card as I try and type this one handed! One on the ZD Must Have list for 2013. Cheers!
DeleteHi outlaw, i love your blog, i adore the photo of rose and thalictrum actually i like all your photos, keep bloggin.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! I very much enjoy reading your blog as well. It's so refreshing to see your late winter/early spring garden while we're in the warmest part of our summer.
DeleteYour garden and photos are lovely, so many nice plants. I have been lusting after Persicaria but having a really hard time finding it in local nurseries. The Thalictrum is amazing, do the bees like it? I like to follow PNW blogs but I like Google friend connect since I can't handle getting a lot of emails. You do like to push the zone envelope, I would lose since I am at a higher elevation.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Persicaria is available at Far Reaches Farms, Dragonfly Farms, and I know I saw it for sale somewhere else here in western Washington. I haven't noticed a lot of bees on the Thalictrum. Yes, I love zonal denial but I bring quite a few plants in for the winter, a strategy that may work for you.
ReplyDeleteWow...I'm so late in getting around to all these Bloom Day posts! I LOVE Persicaria 'Golden Arrow', they are so beautiful, I just wish they could take a bit more sun (then again, our scorching summer this year may be more to blame than just the sun). I'm so crushing on that Thalictrum!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the persicaria. Mine have scorched leaves so next year, I'll have to move them. The Thalictrum would look great in your garden!
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