July is a great time of the year, plenty of plants are fruiting and flowering. But don’t forget to look up into the sky, because it frequently rewards a person up there, too.
Category Archives: Flowers
Chestnut Flowering
My Hybrid Chestnut tree has been full of flowers this summer. Since there is no other Chestnut flowering near this tree, it will not produce nuts.
Foxtail Lily
Foxtail Lily is a large flowering plant. It is very noticeable among other flowers.
Conversion
I have been growing the Variegated Yellow Loosestrife. This plant ended up converting back to the normal green type and has lost the variegation.
Iowa Pomegranate Fruit
My potted Pomegranate actually created a mature Pomegranate fruit. Not too impressed with the taste of my homegrown Pomegranate, but I love the ornamental appeal of this plant.
November Snow
It hasn’t been very cold this fall yet, but now that has changed with some snow. Bamboo was bent down to the ground with the heavy snow. A Paulownia tree looks like a bunch of cold fingers. Bigfoot Willow Hybrid trees shrugged off the snow. The snow did start to melt and a petunia kept […]
Maximilian Sunflower
Maximilian Sunflower is a perennial Sunflower with a lot of late season blooms. Some years cold temperatures kill it off before it can look like this.
Hawthorn Flowering in Fall
This Hawthorn tree has been confused with the weather. It started flowering some in the Fall, but flowering in Spring is the normal time to flower.
Morning Glory Cornfield
Morning Glory is a common weed, but it does look great. This vine was growing and flowering in a corn field.
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate is an annual flowering plant. Persicaria orientalis is a self-seeding annual, so do not have to plant it everywhere. It can be weedy.