If you took a vote for least favorite month to garden in Texas, August would win by a landslide. We are all tired of the heat
as the hope of cooler weather is only a distant whisper.
Yet, the wagon wheel flowers in the sunflower family (and other families) seem to enjoy the endless heat.
After your visit, roll on over to Carol at May Dreams Gardens to see the entire wagon train.
Let's see what's blooming this month.
Wagons Ho!
Let's see what's blooming this month.
Wagons Ho!
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Vinca Nirvana 'Cascade Burgandy'
Zinnia angustifolia 'Crystal Orange'
Plumbago auriculata beside blue bottles
Zinnia angustifolia paired with burgandy Vinca
Osteospermum 'Voltage Yellow'
Red Pentas with Sun coleus 'Versa Lime' (I think) and silver Spanish lavender (Lavandula stoechas).
This silvery lavender has done surprisingly well in our Houston humidity. I keep it in a raised bed with excellent drainage. I will grow this one again!
Rudbeckia hirta is seeing its last days for this year.
Another view of the red Pentas with Spanish lavender.
Zexmenia hispida is a tough little Texas native.
The Whole Enchilada
Cora Vinca 'Deep Lavender'
Coreopsis 'Route 66' is a new one for me. I love it!
Not a wagon wheel type flower, but so pretty. It's a lavender sage.
Rudbeckia triloba holds the record for most blooms with over 50 at one time!
This was given to me by my friend Cindy at My Corner of Katy.
Thanks! :0)
Zinnias with variegated Yucca gloriosa.
Some fun foliage.
Agave x 'Mr. Ripple'
Agave x 'Sharkskin'
One of my many species of Aloes.
A nice scene with Mexican Feather Grass, windmill palms, agaves, and flowers.
I'll have more of this grass next season.
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And there you have it!
I had to sneak in a little foliage at the end since the agaves and the grasses are having their hay day just now. (get it....grasses..HAY day...bad pun)
Hope you are having a much cooler August where ever you might be.
Here it's 98 degrees each afternoon.
Thanks for stopping by to see the wagon wheel flowers.
David/:0)
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