Hello folks! It's me again with another What's Blooming installment. I'm in zone 6, southwestern Pennsylvania, and we're done up here. Don't get me wrong, lots of stuff is still blooming, it's just that there's nothing new and there hasn't been for a few weeks, now. I suppose if I wanted to, I might find a hummer plant that would bloom in early October, even up here in the north, but there's no point to it. I expect my birds will be gone by mid September, and certainly by October 1st. Late bloomers make no sense around here.

On the other hand, maybe some of you southerners would like to report some late blooming plants opening up just in time for arriving migrants. Am I right, or should I drop this ongoing thread? Is it still of any use this late in the year?

All of these are still going strong for me:

Salvia coccinea
Salvia guaranitica
Salvia Black and Blue
Lonicera sempervirens (later edited to): 'Alabama Crimson'
Hollyhocks
Cannas -- 'Species Red,' and 'Wisley Dwarf'
Ipomoea quamoclit
Ipomoea x multifida
Mina lobata
Cuphea llavea Flamenco Series 'Samba'
Ruellia elegans
Dicliptera suberecta
Mirabilis jalapa and multiflora (The last to bloom since I planted them late)
Fuchsia 'Electric Lights'
Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'
Plectranthus 'Lavender Lady,' I think it was called
Weigela 'Red Prince' Reblooming
Ipomopsis still blooming but beginning to wind down and set seed
Zinnias, of course, and will be until frost
Impatiens walleriana (spelling?) until frost, I'm sure
Manettia bicolor -- still going strong, continuous all summer bloomer, but getting potbound
Scarlet Runner Beans (Can't remember the binomial name)
Silene regia


Mimulus cardinalis quit some time in early August
Hibiscus 'Fireball' also stopped, I think some time in early August

Kristin, I'll keep posting as long as these threads are alive. I have quite a few plants that will be coming into flower in the next few weeks, including Justicia fulvicoma and Salvia elegans.

Ruby-throated migration should continue here until at least the end of October and hopefully, other species will be moving in as well. My plantings are planned to favor late migrants and the winterers so under most circumstances, I will have something in bloom all winter.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí­
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

S. coccineas the species
S. coccinea Coral Nymph, Dreamsicle, Lady in Red, Forest Fire except for pinkish purple
S. subrotunda
S. Darcyi
S. greggiis
S. g. 'Van Remsen'
S. g. 'Black and Blue' including my own seedlings
S. g. 'Rouge' (my own red guaranitica and this years seedlings)
S. g. Argentina skies
S. miniata
S. azurea
S. praeclara (non stop blooms since late April early May)
Lobelia cardinalis including one with Pink flowers
Lobelia siphilitica
Ipomopsis mix
Lonicera sempervirens
Agastache acapulco series
Pentas
Impatiens capensis but struggling b/c of the extreme dry conditions
Crocosmia
Agastaches rupestris
A. Desert Sunrise reseeders
A. Pringlei
Cypress Vine
zinnias
Shrimp plants (yellow and salmon)
All cupheas
All abutilons
All fuchsias
Tall Phlox (2nd bloom(
One 6ft tall agastache that I can't recall
A. Apricot Sprite
A. Sonoran Sunset and Double Bubblemint
Snapdragons that overwintered in the ground and have been blooming since May non stop

Still waiting for the first Canna bloom



Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

I need to get outside and check. I meant to do that yesterday becasue I knew this post was coming. The only thing new is my Mexican bush sage. The pineapple sage does not have any blooms yet.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Dianne, my Pineapple Sage [Salvia elegans] will probably begin flowering in a couple of weeks as will the Salvia 'Anthony Parker', which is a hybrid of the Pineapple Sage. However, the Pineapple Sage at the banding site is going great guns already. It flowered well into June and then took a break, but now, it is back and ready for the migrants and winterers.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí­
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

I was surprised to see that my Cross Vine is reblooming and really looks pretty right now.
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It hardly bloomed at all this Spring because of a last freeze we had. Also blooming are my
Salvia Black and Blue
Cardinal Vine
Lady in Red
Agastache cana
Canna
Nasturtiums
Tithonia
Honeysuckle Brownii-Dropmore Scarlet
Scarlet runner beans

Just went out and discovered that one Pineapple Sage [Salvia elegans] has started to flower already!

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí­
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

Terrific! That's quite a response in a relatively short time. I'll try to remember to post this thread twice a month throughout the winter. If I forget, when everything's frozen and brown around here, anyone else is free to continue it if they think it is worthwhile. It seems that at least some people think it is.

As we gather more and more data, I might even try to make sense of it and summarize by zone the succession of bloom for different humplants. That will be quite a bit of work, but might be fun to do. I'm not sure I'll ever get around to it, but it might serve as a useful guide. To that end, it might also be useful to write when things are done for the season. I wasn't as good at that as I could have been. For example, my Mimulus cardinalis bloomed for a long time, but eventually it quit, and I didn't take note of exactly when.

Ultimately, if we can get enough contributions, this could be useful for people planning their gardens. I find myself often wanting to companion plant things and coordinate bloom times, and end up being misled by the times given in catalogues. It's disappointing when you put two plants together that you think would look great, and then they end up blooming at different times with no overlap. This can happen even when two different catalogues specify "May/June," for example. It just doesn't always work because the suppliers may be in different zones from each other. I've been burned on this before. Also, when dealing with hummingbirds, knowing accurate bloom times helps in planning an unbroken succession of bloom.

This is a favorite spot for the hummingbirds.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Joann, your lovely photo makes me want to plant Cross Vine, but I'd have to build another trellis, and I don't know where in heck I'd put it! Also, what is your location and zone where those beautiful Cross Vine flowers are blooming? One of the purposes of this thread is to get a sense of what blooms when in different zones and locations.

Dianne, are those salvias of some sort in your hummingbird favorite spot? Please, do tell!

This is the 3rd year that I've planted Hyacinth Beans but it's the first year that it's bloomed!
All my salvia's: lady in red, coral nymph, white nymph, b&b, blue and white mix, patens blue angel and
some pink ones I have no idea what the names are now

and then...
cuphea, matchless
angelonia
blue fortune, purple pygmy, and golden jubilee agastaches
both butterfly bushes
annise hyssop (but it's almost done for this year)
tropical bleeding heart (one of the cleredendruns)
both hibiscus, blush and a wine colored are reblooming
garden phlox (white)

can't think of the rest... anyway, some of these will be keepers, and then I've got some that gotta go!!! I planted bee balm/monarda and they were the panorama mix or something and they are all purple and nobody paid any attention to them. Now they are all mildewey and just not my cup of tea so will move them to the trash soon!


This is my main hummer bed!



glo
Zone 7 Ft. Meade, MD for another year!

Kristin it is a salvia. I was sent the seed last year. I called it my "mystery salvia". I posted a picture last year and was told the name but I can't find where I wrote the name down and I don't remember. It does die back during the winter but puts out in the spring. It also reseeds like crazy. I have just let it take over part of this bed. The blooms drop off in the afternoon but the plants are full again in the mornings. Maybe someone will remember what the nama.

Gloria that is beautiful. I gave on bee-balm too. I dug all of mine up last year and planted other things.

Joann nice cross vine. I had a few blooms in August.

Abutilon Nabob & Lady in Red

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Obviously, Nancy is the one who has the best list in this part of the South. Much of my stuff is still too small to bloom, but I'll try to keep the ball rolling by reporting now. Bear in mind, I'm listing things that may only have one or two flowers. Also, I'll mix and match common and scientific names, forgive me Nancy.
Salvias;
guaraniticas; Sp., B&B, Argentine Skies
coccineas; Lady in Red, Forest Fire Red, and an unidentified white as well as pink
subrotunda
leucantha
minniata
Indigo Spires, maybe
Cupheas;
David Verity
llavea
Russelias;
equisetiformis, red and ivory
elegans, Rajin Cajun
Agastaches;
tutti frutti
unidentified salmon and pink
Justicias;
brandegeana
carnea
Stachetarpheta; red and blue
Passifloras; red and blue
Hammelia patens, dwarf or compacta
Sinningia sellovii
Clerodendrum speciossisimum
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Abutilon hybridum
Jatropha intereginna
Duranta repens
Odontonema strictum
Pachystachys lutea
Porphyrocoma
Anisacanthus
Cestrum elegans
Scarlet Runner Bean
Cat's Whisker's, lavender and white
Catmint, Walker's Low
Pentas
Torenia
Chenille plant



Lizette, New Orleans, La.
USDA Zone 9

little red morning glory and purple hyacinth bean are really blooming, the former for the first time and the latter for the second.

confetti lantana, s. black and blue,coccinea and subrotunda, tithonia, a. tutti frutti and apricot sprite, cuphea david verity, russellia and ruellia, and the surprise, lord baltimore hardy hibiscus is starting a third flush. the first year, it made one blossom. the second year, one flush. last year it bloomed twice. I've never seen a hummer use it, but it puts on a 9 inch diameter crimson blossom that really draws attention. here's a pic from last year:



stan
nashville, tn
usda zone6b

Went around the yard yesterday to check and found a few I didn't see last week..so although some have only a few blooms here are mine: (and I don't know all the right names sorry...)

S. guarantica species
S. b&B
S. Subrotunda (very plush)
S. van houteii (small - just starting from a winter cutting)
S. purple majesty
S. coccinea lady in red
S. coccinea cherry blossom
S. waverly (just starting second round of blooms)
Dicleptra suberecta
Cuphea David verity
Monarda Jacob cline (very few flower petals left)
Monarda raspberry wine (very few left)
Butterfly bush - still going
Red impatiens
Fuchsia Gartenmeister Bonstedt
Fuchsia Dark eyes
Fuchsia red & white
Fuchsia European Uprights Sun Ray
Agastache Tutti fruitti
Agastache Rupestis
Abutilon Magenta Lipstick
Cardinal flower climber
Lantana confetti
Hibicus red flame
Locinera semiverins - Blanche Sandman (a few blooms)
Locinera semiverins - Alabama Crimson (less blooms)
Waiting for:
Sinningia Sevolli (maybesoon)
Salvia elegans pineapple sage (soon)
Cannas David kemp - planted too late but nice green growth





Carol
Milford, CT
Zone 6

Hi everyone,

I'm in MD, like Glo. Not much new to report, really. My Pineapple and Mexican Sage are nice
and bushy but no blooms. Maybe in a week or too. But if the temps stay as cool as they have
been, I doubt there will be much time for them to flourish. It's been a very weird spring and
summer.

Kim in Baltimore, MD

I live in Zone 6 near Philly Kristen!! Sorry I forgot to add my zone. I don't post here too often and I forgot it wouldn't show up unless I included it in my message! It was also the first time I posted a picture and it came out bigger than I thought it would.

Like Lizette, some of these are just starting to bloom and may not be fully grown. Also some common names mixed in (Sorry Nancy):
pentas
trumpet creeper
salvias leucantha,guaranitica- Argentine skies and B&B,Indigo Spires, Coccineus LIR and Coral Nymph
cuphea ignea
odontonema
ugly shrimp
cardinal vines
russelia equisetiformis red
Texas star hibiscus
hamelia patens
pagoda flower
salvia greggi Raspberry and Autumn sage
budellia
flame acanthus
albutilon
lantanas purple and Dallas red
agastache rupetris
cape honeysuckle
lycoris radiata

Joan Garvey - Metairie, LA Zone 9

Salvia Argentine Skies
" Purple Majesty
" B&B
"Lady in Red
"Gregghi 3 kinds
Streptocarpella 2 kinds
Turk's Cap
Shrimp Plant 2 kinds
Anisacanthus
Hibiscus
Fuschia
Cuphea Mickey Mouse Red and pink
Cuphea Magine
Lantana
Cardinal Flower
Agastache (2 kinds)
Flowering Maple (2 kinds)
Penstomen (2 kinds)
Manettia - red - glorious - lots of activity
Manettia Candy Corn - just beginning to bloom

Salvia and Manetia Red and Shrimp plants got the most activity



Ellery Aldrich
Hendersonville, NC

I didn't know there was a Manettia red. I'm glad you posted. A Manettia is on my "to get" list. Thanks, Ellery.

Joan Garvey - Metairie, LA Zone 9

SALVIA SUBROTUNDA!!!
Other Salvias...
S. Guarantica species - Kobalt
s. Guaranitica Black & Blue
S. Van Houtti - variegated leaves
S. Coccinea - Lady In Red
S. Oppositiflora
S. Greggii - Dark Dancer, Cherry Chief and Moonlight
S. Miniata
S. Elegans - Pineapple and Honeydew Melon Sage
S. 'Silkes Dream' - Salvia darcyi X Salvia microphylla

Asclepias Currasivica - Tropical Milkweed - red and yellow varieties
Cardinal Vine
Cuphea Ignea - David Verity
Jacob Cline Monarda (Late season greenhouse purchase in a pot on the deck... just started blooming )
Butterfly Bushes - 4 varieties
Hamelia Patens
Lantana - several varieties
Abutilon - Dwarf Red
Tecoma Stans
Tithonia - Mexican Sunflower
Trumpet Vine - Orange and Yellow
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia
Zinnias


Bud
Southwest Ohio
USDA Plant Zone 6a

Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax F*300 f/4.5
There's 1 or 2 more hummingbird / butterfly pics located here...
http://www.pbase.com/budohio

They love my Manettia bicolor, which has two tone flowers that look like candy corn. I didn't know there was a red one, either. Are the flowers solid red in color? Where did you find it? Mailorder? Do you know the scientific name or the varietal name so I can be sure of finding the same thing?

I had no idea they'd like mine so much. I thought it might just be one of those gimmicky plants, but it has definitely turned out to be one of my most successful hummingbird plants this summer.

The red Manettia is Manettia cordifolia, which grows extremely well down here. My original plant is more than 25 years old. The red-and-yellow Manettia inflata [sometimes called Manettia bicolor or Manettia luteo-rubra] is a better hummer attractor though. It is one I've had trouble keeping alive.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí­
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

I have several blooms on a pineapple sage that was hid by other salvias. A nice surprise.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

These are the plants I have blooming now. Common names. I want to get the scientific names for them and try to learn them. I know some of them.

Pentas
Crossvine
Burgmansis-Double purple
Plumbago
Lorpetalum
4 O'clocks
Tarragon
Russian Sage
Purple Coneflower
Turks Cap
Lion's Ear
Gauaranitica Salvia Blue
Black and Blud
Pineapple Sage
Moonflower Vine
Rudbeckas
Basil
Black Eyed Susan Vine
Salvia Greggii--Rose Queen
Hotlips
Furman's Red
Cherry Queen
Pink Autumn Sage
Wild Thing
?
?
Buddelia--Black Knight
White
Lantana--Ham and Eggs
Sonata
Starlanding
Tangerine
Cannas--Robert Kemp
Peach Gigantum(?)
Cupheas--David 'verity'
Batfaced
Tiny Mice
Mexican Heather
Bush Daisy
Caradonna--Meadow Sage
Ugly Shrimp Plant
Salvia-Anthony Parker
Goldflame Honeysuckle
Coral Honeysuckle
Mexican Bush Sage
Princess Plant
Hummingbird Bush
Gallardia
Mexican Fire Bush
Mexican Sunflower
Mexican Butterfly Plant
Mexican Petunia
Zinneas
Vicas
Coccinia-Scarlett Sage
Lady in Red
Salvia Subrotunda
Pineapple Lily
Ginger Lily
Candy Corn Vine
Phlox
Antique Rose
Yellow Flower ?
Abutilon 'Nabob'

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

I forgot Agastache Blue Fortune.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Wow! Dianne, please post some pictures. That's quite a collection.

Joan there are some pictures in this thread and others scattered in other threads. Here are some general shots. I missed one area as it got dark.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

cool pics, dianne. your place looks fantastic.

after a long dormancy during the dog days, salvia praeclara is making a comeback and blooming again.

my lone pineapple sage is healthy and growing, but not blooming yet.

little red morning glory has overgrown the slow, weak and inattentive. don't even linger near it.

stan
nashville, tn
usda zone6b

Some of my cannas have just started to bloom. S. praeclara has been a non stop bloomer since spring but I am afraid I may have lost two of them last night as we had 60 mph winds, lightening and a little rain. It isn't light yet so it will be a while until I can survey the damage to the plants. I can tell the dog's fence is down. I am still hoping to see the S. coccinea pinkish lavender and the purple bloom. One has budded up but can't remember which one it is.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Several fall-flowering species are showing signs of breaking 'dormancy' and are either flowering or budding. I have not seen heavy migration yet here and there is very, very little feeder usage. Our peak is usually late September or even early October.

Campsis radicans [Trumpet Creeper] - red and orange - still king, but slowing down quite a lot. Once it finishes, hummers will be more inclined to come down into the yard.

Calliandra emarginata [Powderpuff]
Calliandra californica [Baja Fairy Duster]
Calliandra haematocephala [Powderpuff - formerly species unknown]

Abutilon pictum

Passiflora vitifolia [Scarlet Passionflower]

Lonicera sempervirens [Coral Honeysuckle]

Manettia cordifolia [Firecracker Vine]

Ipomoea hederifolia [Red Morning Glory]

Malvaviscus drummondii [Sultan's Turban]
Malvaviscus sp [unknown species] - gets huge

Cuphea 'David Verity' [Mexican Cigar Plant]
Cuphea micropetala [Giant Mexican Cigar Plant]
Cuphea cyanea
Cuphea llavea

Canna indica

Justicia brandegeana [Ugly Shrimp Plant]
Justicia fulvicoma

Pachystachys coccinea [Cardinal's Guard]

Porphyrocoma pohliana [Brazilian Fireworks]

Russelia equisetiformis [Fountain Plant], red and yellow
Russelia sarmentosa

Agastache 'Tutti Frutti'
Agastache rupestris

Sinningia sellovii

Salvia coccinea - red, 'Brenthurst', 'Bicolor', 'Pink Dreamsicle', pure white, 'Vermilion', 'Susan's Dark Pink Lavender', 'Susan's Dark Lavender', Susan's Pink Lavender', variegated leaf
Salvia greggii 'Cherry Queen'
Salvia microphylla - species, 'Hot Lips', 'San Carlos Festival', 'Red Velvet'
Salvia x jamensis 'La Tarda'
Salvia subrotunda
Salvia miniata
Salvia guaranitica, species and 'Black and Blue'
Salvia macrophylla 'Tingo Blue'
Salvia 'Blue Chiquita'
Salvia elegans
Salvia 'Anthony Parker'
Salvia splendens 'Van Houtteii' - burgundy

Nicotiana glauca

Odontonema strictum [Firespike], red and pink/purple

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis [Smuggler's Vervain] - purple, dwarf red, coral

Anisacanthus quadrifidus v wrightii
Anisacanthus 'Pumpkin'

Orthosiphon staminius [Cat Whiskers]

Scutellaria costaricana

Hamelia patens [Firebush, Mexican Firebush]

Callistemon citrinus [Bottlebrush]

Hummer action continues to be relatively slow though it seems to have picked up this morning. Trumpet Creeper is still getting the lion's share of the action [what there is of it]. However, flowering appears to be slowing down quite a bit. After we get into September, the Trumpet Creeper is never as good as it was all summer. Red Morning Glory, Hamelia patens, and Calliandra haematocephala are also very popular. At this point, the Red Morning Glory has smothered many, many plants. Still, it is very popular and will peter out in a few weeks, at which time it can be pulled out.

Salvia subrotunda and the pure white Salvia coccinea are the most used Salvias in back while Salvia 'Blue Chiquita' is getting good action in front. Salvia 'Anthony Parker' has just started blooming and it has attracted some attention. Now that the Odontonema strictum are in flower, they are attracting some good interest. The purple-flowered form seems to be more popular than the red!

Ugly Shrimp Plant is just about to 'bust out' and it will be the mainstay into spring. The purple-flowered Smuggler's Vervain is very good right now, but as soon as we get the first cold wind, it will shut down.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

I alway wonder why everyones fall blooming sages - Mexican Bush Sage, Salvia mexicana, Pineapple Sage, Anthony Parker - always bloom a month ahead of mine. No signs of flowers on any of these.

Ward, the Salvia elegans is somewhat earlier than usual for me while the Salvia 'Anthony Parker' is right on time. Salvia mexicana 'Dan Lane' shows no sign of buds and doesn't usually flower until November. However, an F2 hybrid involving Salvia mexicana and Salvia involucrata is setting buds. Interestingly, I cannot keep Salvia involucrata alive. Salvia leucantha isn't doing anything either.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

-Salvia guarantica
-Salvia greggii
-Canna indica
-Impomoea coccinea
-Campsis radicans
-Lonicera sempervirens
-Russellia esquitiformis
-Odontonema strictum
-Salvia involucrata
-Salvia 'Hot Lips'
-Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
-Dicliptera suberecta
-Lantana camara
-Yvonne's Salvia
-Salvia praeclara
-Lobelia cardinalis
-Buddleia
-Hibiscus syriacus
-Salvia 'Purple Majesty'
-Alcea rosea
-Cuphea 'David Verity' and ignea
-Eccremocarpus scaber
-Salvia 'Silke's Dream'
-Salvia 'Mulberry Jam'
-Salvia subrotunda
-Salvia microphylla
-Annual Penstemon
-Salvia miniata
-Salvia elegans
-Salvia chiapensis
-Salvia coccinea
-Salvia azurea
-Bouvardia ternifolia
-Salvia corrugata
-Salvia macellaria
-Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bohnstad'
-Aniscanthus wrightii
-Nicotiana mutablis
-Impatiens capensis
-Agastache rupestris and cana
-Salvia darcyii
-Salvia 'Scarlet Spires'
-Stachytarphea jamaicensis
-Stachytarpheta speciosa
-Justicia brandegeana
-Zinnia
-Salvia discolor
-Cardinal Climber
-Phaseolus coccinea
-Manietta cordifolia





Kathi and Michael Rock
Madison, Wisconsin
Zone 4/5

"Give me land lots of land under open skies above; Don't fence me in..." Is that how the song goes? Wow, my yard is like a postage stamp compared to yours. Beautiful garden Dianne.

Joan Garvey - Metairie, LA Zone 9

Thank you Joan. I live on a family farm and since there is a hayfield behind my house I am do have any restrictions. I don't plan to take in anymore I have all I can handle and more.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Pineapple Sage Bloomed today!!!!!!!!! Annual for me here in NJ but purchased it in NC on vacation back in June. Long wait for it to bloom, healthy looking plant, but I think ALL my RTH's flew the coop today!!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!



Pam NJ 6B

Everything is still blooming here in OkC...my roses are fantastic..we're getting an early cool spell and some rain..Mexican Mint Marigold is growing ...but no blooms..heliotrope blooming..zinnas going crazy..coral honeysuckle blooming..kiss me over the garden gate doing well..coneflowers beautiful...however..just bought a dicleptra..it's growing..does anyone know anything about this plant?

Linda,
Several of us have Dicliptera suberecta. I grow mine in pots and it starts blooming in late summer for me. I did do a couple of extra cuttings and I put those in the ground just because I had plenty in pots and wanted to see if there is any chance it could survive in the ground but the ones in pots bloomed much earler than the ones in the ground. Hummers do use it quite a bit. Very easy plant to overwinter in pots and super easy to take and root cuttings.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

I was wondering why there were 2 9/1-9/15 threads. Than I stated to read it and saw STAN'S post and was like Whhhhhhhhhhhhaaaatt?? I guess someone did a search for it an picked the wrong one.


Hey Stan, how's the garden this season???? Do you have to worry about clouds and too rainy weather up there like we did this summer? Make another post when you get a chance! We miss them.

Pam NJ 6B

Kristin, Pls. don't stop your "What's Blooming" threads. I'm finding them very interesting and entertaining and am taking lots of notes. As you say, I find the information so helpful when trying to 'pair up' bloom time and sequencing for garden designs.

I love the photos, too! Lot's of fun to see others' gardens!

Of note in our southwestern Ohio Zone 6a HB garden this week:

Our big fat red red zinnias are looking quite attractive waving in the breeze and I'm sure they have something to do with drawing some of the several migrators into the yarden in the past week or so. Started from seed in late June and very eye catching.

Our Cardinal Climber vines (in prominent containers on trellises on the deck) continue to bloom (sparsely) and attract HBs. I must figure out how to get more 'bloom' and less 'green' on these.

Tithonia (2nd crop from late June planted seed)are just beginning to bloom. (Other May planted Tithonia are tall and rangey, looking beat out and need to be yanked).

I am curious about the 'Red Morning Glory' some of you are growing...is this just any old red morning glory or does it best to be a particular variety? MGs seem like something easy to grow and a quick filler to tuck in around our old wood pile, etc.

Touch me nots and partridge peas are blooming along the woods and I see hummers nectaring in those.

A Buddleia bush (a NOID, but a pale-ish lavendar with reddish eye in the large blooms) started from a cutting and planted in a container is blooming profusely now and quite attractive to the hummers. I'm surprised this thing got so big this summer and it is blooming much later than our other buddlieas. Note to self: take more cuttings of this one!

Our several salvias are of little or no interest to the HBs. I don't think they are well placed in the garden and are being out shone by the Zinnias, tithonias, lantanas, etc. Must reposition them for next year.

Love the threads! Keep them coming! J.












Judy in Zone 6a
Cincinnati (Anderson Twp.)
Southwest Ohio

Judy
A Buddleia cutting will bloom a little later than established plants especially if it is in a container. The one cutting I took of my Royal red started blooming about a week or so later than the parent both are at opposite ends of one another in the same bed. I will be moving one next spring. They grow rapidly and in some cases quite large in one growing season. Next spring when I cut mine back, I will use a tomato cage to keep it growing more upright. Right now it is catching the west wind and leaning into other plants. What Salvia do you have that the hummers are ignoring? I normally get much more attention to Salvias than I do Lantana or Zinnias

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Thanks, Penny. I am getting a kick out of growing some of our garden plants from cuttings this year. It's a first for me.

I have about 6 Salvia Black and Blue and a few of the Yvonne's. Also the blue May Night types that aren't particularly known to be HB plants.

Though I don't understand why they aren't interested in my black and blue's , except that they are off in their own section of the yard and maybe the HBs miss them.

We are still getting a lot of hits on the Cardinal Climber vines which kind of surprises me.

Judy in Zone 6a
Cincinnati (Anderson Twp.)
Southwest Ohio

Cardinal Climber is always a big hit with the hummers as is its cousin Cypress Vine. Cyress vine is a heavy reaseeder but Cardinal climber doesn't reseed.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39