{"id":102648,"date":"2023-06-15T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=102648"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:12:11","slug":"bloom-day-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=102648","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Day June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Persicaria polymorpha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not to be duplicative of recent posts, but just a few things that caught my eye this morning. I actually lost track of the Bloom Day timeline (15th of the month) but was out with the camera this morning to document a few things — nothing splashy, just documenting what’s up and growing and flowering — like the fabulous shrub-like quality of Persicaria polymorpha. (Side note: nearby Dahlia ‘Rosebud’ is nearly as high as the persicaria and in bud, so that will be representing for July. All four dahlias were left in the ground over winter and all returned. A local grower, Old House Dahlias, said that’s how he’d handle them here in a home garden. His operation is offline this spring\/summer, don’t know why. Mine all came from OHD. I did cover them with branches from the Christmas tree, if that explains anything! But locally, in front gardens, it’s apparent that the dahlias are all treated as perennials and left in ground. Rainy zone 8b.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second year in the garden and first bloom for Iris x robusta ‘Gerald Darby,’ a naturally occurring hybrid of two native species, Iris versicolor x Iris virginica. It is especially celebrated for its plummy-colored new growth and season-long good looks. Not for dry soils, it can even be grown in standing water but does fine in retentive garden soils like mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Purple coloring to the soft, arching leaves mostly gone now. It was flooded under a drainspout all winter. Very exciting to find yesterday the potted francoa has a bud too! One of those unforgettable horticultural moments was seeing francoa growing like weeds in Mendocino.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lysimachia atropurpurea surprised me by returning this spring. It is very short-lived in zone 10, one summer only in my experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Osteospermum ‘Voltage Gold’ — a color I couldn’t resist. Planted this spring though I’ve noticed they do overwinter here, at least the pale lilac color. And these daisies are said to bloom til frost in cool-summer climates like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another photo of Kniphofia pauciflora, such an impressive performance in its second year. In flower about 18 inches tall. Biggest danger with diminutive plants like this is getting swamped by growth of surrounding plants. ‘Millenium’ allium is budding up, and these two are in perfect scale for each other and would make great mates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Euphorbia ‘Copton Ash,’ planted in spring. ‘Dean’s Hybrid’ did not return after winter. The peachy diascia just started blooming this week, overwintered in stock tanks and garden. ‘My Darling Tangerine’ maybe?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In its second year evergreen Bupleurum fruticosum is throwing its first bloom and making good size and shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Textural treasure Cassinia x ozothamnus in flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a martagon hybrid ‘Guinea Gold’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cotula ‘Tiffendell Gold’ opened blooms this week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When nearby Origanum ‘Xera Cascade’ starts blooming, these two are going to be best buds! If you stopped by Xera’s shop last summer and saw this flowering oregano displayed in a container, you probably are growing it in your garden this year too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A couple seeds from last year’s Orlaya grandiflora grown in the stock tank made it into the rocked area and liked what they found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I must be subconsciously attracted to sisyrinchiums because I have a few now. This is ‘Quaint and Queer’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had light rain for a few minutes yesterday morning, the first since…the beginning of May? Daytime temps mostly in the 60s, nights in the 40s. Hope you’re having a fine June! May Dreams Gardens<\/a> collects bloom day reports the 15th of each month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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