What`s looking good in August...

Looking good everyone .... I'm jealous of those raindrops on the Hollyhocks, Sis, they are stunning.

Things are struggling here with the constant dry heat .... it's 33.5 as I type this. However, a few are surviving ....

The yellow Canna is now blooming but they are being very short lived, ie, days ...



And of course the true 'day' flowers, Hibiscus, which is heaving with buds but is in filtered sun ....



But there are some sun lovers .....

Portulaca ....



.... and Mandevilla and Verbena ....



So, off to water to keep things purty ....

 

You still have some colour LoL.
Should things not have stopped flowering now and be summer dormant?

 

That Portulaca(Purslane) is exquisite.

 

Bob, that looks really good. I love your different heights as well as the colour - and what a nice backdrop with those bamboos.

And more, even as I type. What the purple in the big pot?

 

Very nice Bob.

Its getting a tropical feel.

I'm sure thats where you are heading.

 

WOW and WOW again Bob, Fantastic Garden, All that colour and Sunshine

 

lovely colours yd and bobj ..both your gardens are looking fab:thumb: and i forgot what it was like to see some sunshine:eek:

 

Amazing grace: Solanum jasminoides turned out very elegant in the hangingbaskets with the dark background of the porch!

 

Yes, pete, things are slowing down for the hot months coming up. I'm quite annoyed I can't / haven't got my Cannas in the ground as they are marvellous at the moment and bloom for a long time when they are in the ground .... come the Autumn/Winter I think there will be some changes .....

Thank you, roders, I just love these colourful delights .... the double ones are even better but I have cut them back after first blooming and am waiting for second time around.

Bob, now I know where you live I know why you have such a wonderful garden.

Ivory, your Solanum looks lovely against your dark background. I have the common purple one 'Glaswein'. I don't use white flowers as they get 'lost' in the white walls.

This is not my Bougainvillea but I have admired it for years and finally took a photo today (sorry but we have a bit of cloud cover) ..... I don't know if it's grafted or what (there's only one stem) but it is truly beautiful ...

 

Sorry about the dull weather LoL,so I have sent you some of our blue sky xx









Bob your garden is fabulous................Great to come home to after a hard days work.:thumb:


Ivory that Solanum pic. should be in one of the photo comps....excellent.

 

Oh, You, that's how it normally looks (barring the focus bit in the background) .... didn't think of doing that .... but I don't cheat / lie (except in Enhanced comp) ...... xx

It's a glorious 24 at the moment with gusty winds and we're going down to 18-19 at night .... lovely sleeping temps with the overhead fan going (17 foot ceilings).

 

First outdoor toms are ripening.

It was 25 here today LoL:D

 

bobj...How on earth do you manage to keep your borders so neat?....I tend to let mine 'go' a little:D
Yummy Pete:thumb:.....Bet you've pinched that nearly ripe one as a taster!!:D

 

Echinacea 'Green Envy'





Leycesteria formosa

 

Lovely Gogs ... beautiful photography .... :thumb: