In the garden blogging community, the 15th of every calendar month is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, a meme created past times
May Dreams Gardens. I read many Bloom Day posts each month, in addition to I vow to move improve nigh contributing, but my resolve commonly goes nowhere. But this calendar month it's different. Maybe because our garden is then vibrant correct now, fueled past times months of extraordinarily plentiful rain. Even waterwise plants dear the extra H
2O!
Here's a pick of what's (almost) blooming at inwards mid Apr 2017:
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| Calliandra × ‘Sierra Starr’, a hybrid betwixt Calliandra eriophylla (pink fairy duster) in addition to Calliandra californica (Baja fairy duster) |
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| Delosperma 'Fire Wonder' |
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| Delosperma 'Fire Wonder' |
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| Delosperma 'Fire Wonder' |
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| Gazania ‘Sunbathers Totonaca’ |
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| Gazania ‘Sunbathers Tikal’ |
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| Gazania ‘Sunbathers Tikal’ |
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| In the "will it e'er bloom?" category: Protea cynaroides 'Mini King' |
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| The airy imperial flowers are from Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina' |
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| California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) hiding the disfigured agave leaves causes past times excess rainfall |
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| My favorite location along the sidewalk |
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| Grevillea 'Peaches in addition to Cream', blooming 9+ months out of the year |
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| Arctotis 'Pumpkin Pie' |
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| Arctotis 'Pink Sugar' |
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| Agave weberi 'Arizona Star' in addition to friends |
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| Just around the corner from the vignette above |
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| Firecracker establish (Russelia equisetiformis) and Persian rug (Drosanthemum floribundum) |
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| Firecracker establish (Russelia equisetiformis) in addition to Western Farsi rug (Drosanthemum floribundum) |
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| Salvia greggii 'Blue Note' intertwined amongst Epilobium canum (not inwards bloom) |
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| Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps', merely planted from a #1 can |
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Purple = Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)
Yellow = ‘Southern Belle’ sundrops (Calylophus drummondii 'Southern Belle')
Red = Baja fairy dusty (Calliandra californica)
Hulking presence inwards the foreground = Aloe ferox |
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| ‘Southern Belle’ sundrops (Calylophus drummondii 'Southern Belle') |
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| What an exotic flower! Except it isn't a flower, it's the seed pods of the South African sand lily (Veltheimia capensis) |
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| A body of body of water of California poppies |
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| Agave ovatifolia nestled betwixt California poppies and Mexican bush marigold (Tagetes lemmonii 'Martin's Mutant'). It cutting the bush marigold agency dorsum later on flowering to popular off along it to a manageable size. |
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| Silver-leaf cassia (Cassia phyllodinea) |
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| Flower cone of Banksia blechnifolia |
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| Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) getting ready to pose on a show |
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| Leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset’ |
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| NOID columbine (Aquilegia sp.) inwards the backyard that is bigger in addition to improve than ever, no dubiousness because of the massive amounts of pelting we've had |
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| Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) getting unopen to calling it a day |
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| Several people convey asked me what's this "white flower" is. What you lot run into are non flowers... |
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| ....they're the leaves of Tradescantia × andersoniana 'Blushing Bride' |
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