September Blooms

I have one new bloom in my Georgia garden this month. The Illustris Elephant ear decided to give me this neat yellow bloom.

Look at this September surprise, Honeysuckle! Yep, honeysuckle blooming in this Georgia garden during the month of Sept. A first to my eyes!

Purple Queen still has its tiny pinkish purple blooms. She is such a dainty little bloom.

The Gold Lantana is thriving in my hot dry garden. See how it has taken over the pathway into the garden? I will cut it back a bit when it starts to tickle my legs while walking on the pathway into the garden. I do not want any sneaky snakes to hide under it and strike as I walk past...
The Cosmos that Tina passed along to me in the form of seed continues to show me color. I am hoping for lots of reseeders for next year!

Pink Wave Petunia continues to bloom as well as the accompanying White Alyssum.

Susan continues to pop up here and there from self seeding throughout the garden.

The multi colored Lantana is thriving even though it does not have as much sun shining on her this year due to the growth of a dogwood nearby shading her.

This Silver Checkerspot or is it a Variegated Fritillary? Anyway, this is one of many flying flowers that continue to show their colors in the garden.

Purple Verbena and white Vinca are intermingling and looking beautiful. All the white Vinca are self seeders from last year.

The Crepe Myrtles continue to show their pinks. Gotta love those Southern Belles!

Marigolds are looking strong with little water being splashed upon them.

Catmint is looking good after I took it out of the ground and potted it due to its sad state with lack of water. I will replant it once the rains start to fall in my drought ridden garden.

Begonias in pink and white colors continue to bloom with lack of rainfall.

Hyacinth bean continues to show its tiny purple blooms.
All the self seeding Spider plants still have tiny blooms on them.

Hibiscus is glowing with beautiful blooms for their second go round.

My two Mexican Heather bushes are full of tiny blooms.

Vinca in colors of pink and white are popping up all over the garden from self seeders.

Blue Salvia continues to attract bees and butterflies.

This close-up picture of the Salvia looks a bit like a water color print.Moonbeam Coreopsis is thriving in the heat and dry conditions.

Purple and White Sage continues to bloom next to each other.

Red Canna gave me a late bloom. The canna keep popping up from the ground so I guess they are doing well where I planted them this spring.

Purple Wave Petunia, even though very scraggly is still producing blooms. Look at the horrible looking stems in the background to the right.

And of course my favorite and very first thing planted in the garden is the profusely blooming butterfly bushes. I will have butterfly bushes where ever I live! Just look at those September blooms in colors of white and purple.

Even though I have lost lots of flowers in the garden this year due to drought conditions, I am not discouraged. Look what I went and picked up at the Garden Center this past weekend! The Aster, Coreopsis and Sage/Salvia were just calling to me as I walked past them. I will keep them in pots until we have cooler temps.

Notice a theme in my garden? Drought tolerant, bloom longevity in colors of purple and white seem to be my theme. If you have been taking notes, you will noitce that these are pretty much the same bloomers since late spring. For this hot, humid, drought year it has worked, keeping me happy with many SEPTEMBER BLOOMS, In the Garden...