{"id":58888,"date":"2014-08-15T20:36:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=58888"},"modified":"2017-07-26T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T18:50:18","slug":"bloom-day-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=58888","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Day August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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August? Come in, August. Ground control to August?<\/em><\/p>\n

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August<\/strong>: Um, we’re in a bit of a holding pattern here. Over<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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Repetition seems to be a hallmark of my summer Bloom Day posts. It’s been the usual suspects all summer. Still, I can’t say enough nice things about Gomphrena ‘Fireworks.’ The agastaches are over and showed a lot more water stress than I expected, while this gomphrena sailed through heat and dry soil beautifully. Perennial here in zone 10 but most likely one of the “short-lived” kind, which could mean anything from one year to two years to five. Reseeds.<\/p>\n

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With samphire<\/a>, the umbellifer Crithmum maritimum. This plant is going into my A Growing Obsession<\/em> surefire collection of zone 10, drop-dead gorgeous, pollinator-beloved plants sponsored by….daydream fades to black<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Gaura planted in pots a couple months ago is just starting to bloom. Wind-driven plants are so entertaining.<\/p>\n

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Some August triage. Agastache were cut back, a tattered digiplexis moved elsewhere, and a potted Agave geminiflora moved in. The lemon grass in the background has been a nice surprise this summer. Rudbeckia triloba leans in.<\/p>\n

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More triage. A few of the annual Euphorbia marginata, Snow On The Mountain, were picked up at M&M Nursery in Orange.<\/p>\n

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Gaillardia ‘Oranges & Lemons’ is unstoppable.<\/p>\n

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As are the marigolds. Tagetes ‘Cinnabar’<\/p>\n

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Mina lobata nearly faints in full sun but so far recovers by evening<\/p>\n

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The kangaroo paws are sending a second, shorter flush of blooms<\/p>\n

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Seseli gummiferum…maybe there’ll be blooms next year on the Moon Carrot. With a name like that, I’m staying the course until I see some blooms. And with those pewter-colored, lacy leaves, waiting isn’t a hardship.<\/p>\n

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Also for next summer, there will be agapanthus. Yes, they’re common as dirt here, but has anyone tried them with grasses, agaves, etc? No, I think not. It’s not a plant’s fault when its amiable nature is abused and taken for granted in strip mall monocultures. This is the stripey-leaved ‘Gold Strike.’<\/p>\n

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And one of the darkest I could find locally, ‘Storm Cloud’ <\/p>\n

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Rare sighting of MB Maher<\/a> in the garden, home for a couple days. Maybe he’ll bestir himself and get over to his neighborhood San Francisco Botanical Garden for some AGO photos one of these days. (No pressure, hon!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

To see some spectacular August gardens full of seasonal variety and not at all stuck in a holding pattern, you’ll have to visit the Bloom Day host site May Dreams Gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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