Rainy Bloom Day November 2014

It's Garden Blogger's Bloom Day and we have rain!  It's a light rain but the forecast was for only morning drizzle so we'll take it and join Carol at May Dream Gardens for a damp and chilly GBBD. We've been about 20 degrees below normal for most of the week but we haven't quite reached freezing yet so let's see how the blooms are faring ahead of a predicted freeze next week.

The inflorescence from ornamental grasses are standouts when droplets from the light mist make them shine.  This unknown Penstemon seeded over from the neighbor's landscape several years ago and has made itself at home.

Early summer blooms Part 1: Warm colors for hot weather

It's early summer and we're expected to have record heat today and tomorrow, possibly 105F/40.5C.     Before it gets too hot out there and some of the plants go dormant for the summer, I've collected photos of blooms throughout the garden to share.  Today I'm featuring the warm colors of yellow, orange, and pink.

Narrowleaf zinnia, which is a perennial in our zone, continues to bloom throughout the summer.