Last month I posted a blog entry about the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day which you can go back to read if you want more information. I took these pictures on the 15th right before we headed out of town, but I didn’t have time to upload them until this morning. So, here are the pictures of what was blooming in our flower beds on the 15th of July. We actually have quite a few more things blooming, but I only photographed the things that are in bloom now that weren’t in bloom on June 15th. So, all of the roses you see in my entry mentioned above and many other things are STILL blooming. THESE photos are the new things:

These are some of my favorite daylillies. I planted them late last year after spotting them at Home Depot. They are much shorter than all of our other daylillies and I LOVE the deep, dark, burgundy color. They weren’t in our landscape design plan, but I liked them and so I planted them (LOL).

You can see the above daylillies right behind these purple things which I should know the name of and will probably think of it right after I publish this entry. Anyway, I like how the colors coordinate.. the center of this flower with the daylillies in the background. If I had known I was going to plant those daylillies I probably should have had them trade places since these purple ones are taller, but it’s too late now. It all works fine because I can see the shorter daylillies out of our bay window which is nice.

Below are the daylillies that WERE in the landscape design plan for this area.
These daisies are to the left of the daylillies above. I don’t think I planted the right thing though. I think I was supposed to plan a flower with more yellow in them to get us from the yellow centered daylillies above to the yellow roses that are on the other side. I like these daisies I just don’t like them where I planted them. I spent this year getting all of the drip system drippers reorganized… maybe next year I’ll reorganize some of the plants (LOL).

These daylillies are out in the front yard by our sidewalk. They aren’t on the drip system and do amazingly well for the little water they receive. They have been in the flowerbed FOREVER!! A few years ago (5 or 6) I decided to plant a couple of things at the front of the house and this is as far as I got… the rock and daylillies.

These little guys are SO CUTE! I mentioned them on June 15th. They are plants from my grandma’s flower bed years ago. I was disappointed that there was only one on June 15th and I was excited to see that there are now more which makes me hopeful that I’ll have a nice batch of them next year now that they are getting some water and care. You can also see the purple flowers in the background. That ground cover is also from my grandma’s flower bed.

More daylillies. These are at the back of the house. They are *NOT* the right color. I didn’t want more orange/yellow ones since I have so many of those at the front of the house. I don’t remember what color these were supposed to be now that a year has passed since I planted them, but I do know that they were mismarked… and so I ended up with the traditional orange/yellow color instead of whatever other color I thought I was getting. IF (and that’s a BIG IF at this point) we ever prepare so more flower beds I will move these somewhere else and plant a different color here, but right now I don’t have anywhere else to put them or I’d move them now.

I showed the Yarrow on June 15th, but I’m posting another photo since there are new little ones coming up again. Sadly, I haven’t even had time to cut off the old flowers so I was quite surprised to see some new ones coming from down below.

I think I forgot to take a photo of our clematis last month so I’m posting it now. It’s almost done blooming. This plant has been here for a very long time. My mom planted it here years ago when she lived in our house.. over 16 years ago.

That’s all for this month’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!