flowers – Page 2 – Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import)

Tiny but bold, I absolutely ADORE Mexican Morning Glory (Ipomea coccinea)!!!

In previous years I’ve seen hummingbirds take a couple sips on their way through Cuddy Gardens in autumn as they migrate south.

Toad Lily (Tricytis hirta) flowering in a corner of the woodland garden.

I once had 3 different plants in this garden but they have appeared to have perished to this garden’s elements; whether be plant/weed competition, summer drought, harder winter seasons, or some other reason, it’s not entirely clear (I say spring plant competition tbh).

This specimen and its two young stolon clones are all that remain; filling the autumn flora slot

Gotta be proud of your kaffir lily when the unimpressionable member of the family goes “wow” at the sight of it x3

I thought these Grandpa Otts morning glories died off from this garden years ago. I guess their seeds/seedlings were hiding in the weedier spots away from their original mesh post.

A wild white aster colony in part of the forest. Would give a genus/species but… IDing native/wild asters was never my strongsuit. I honestly have no clue.

One of the last and tallest remaining members of my lily collection;

Lilium ‘Black Beauty’

A heirloom hybrid between L. henryi and L. speciosum. Its oriental lily blood appears to make it less appetizing to red lily beetle.

“And here we see, the spider’s camouflage and patience pay off for its survival.”

Amusing to think my ONLY little white coneflower among the regular coneflowers becomes the spider’s chosen haunt.

Beebalms, Hibiscus, Hemerocallis, and Milkweeds oh my.

Purple coneflower and Blackeyed Susan. Two classic staples in the summer gardenscape

The pictorial tags for Monarda punctara never really clearly show the anatomy of thier flowers. It’s like it is with the japanese iris pictures all over again.