Happy September GBBD!!!!

 Happy GBBD!!!!

The weather we are having here in Austin is incredible!  It is cool, we got rain, what more can a person ask for????

All the flowers are blooming away in celebration.  The Leonotis are rockin' and rollin'.

 The Coneflowers are brilliantly purple.

 The Hibiscus are huge and happy- I love the velvet like centers!!

 The Plumbago are hard to beat- steady little bloomers.

The Maples are turning colors - fall is near!!!!

 The Tropical Sage are blooming away in the front bed.

 The Salvia leucantha are full of blooms.

 The Beach Vitex- one of my favorites.  

 The Thyrallis are such a vibrant yellow- I love how they look next to the Salvia Mystic Spires.

 The Desert Rose has been showing off all week.

 The Fall Asters are blooming- fall is here and or near!

 The Prides are still blooming away in the fence bed.

 The Cherry Barbados are in full bloom- so pretty.

 The Cassias are full of bees and full of blooms.

 The American Beautyberries are full of berries. 

 The Philippine Violets are in full bloom as well. 

 The Hummingbird Bush are a Hook Em' orange.  Love it!

Hope everyone is having a great GBBD!  Thanks to May Dreams Gardens for hosting!!

Bloom Day November 15, 2011

Well today is exciting as it is RAINING in Austin!!!!!!

I was so excited I almost forgot it was bloom day!

We still have quite a lot blooming in the beds though, you can see signs that fall is here and things are starting to winterize.  I went out after the rain so some things are droopy but are really just exhausted from being so happy it rained, so please excuse them!

 To be fair, I am only posting things I have planted in pots or in the beds.  I had to start out with an update on my Kalanchoe- day by day it is getting closer to opening!!!

 The Desert Rose I think is such a pretty little bloom- faint yet striking.

 The front shade "test" bed is rocking right along but the only thing with blooms I have in there is the Tropical Sage, which is doing great in all 4 places I have it there.

The Pink Turk's Cap is still doing well in the front bed next to the Brazilian Pavonia (which was not up to being photographed today as you can see in the background).

The Beach Vitex is doing well in the front side bed under the Palo Verde.  (which by the way was loaded with blooms yesterday but after the rain not a single one that was pretty enough to photograph).

 The Rock Rose is huge and full of blooms in the back bed.

The St. Elmos Firecracker Fern is blooming away as well.

The 'Mystic Spires' Salvia is still as blue as ever- this is such an easy plant to grow.  I have it in two places since it is one of my favorites.

 The Panicum Switch Grass is blooming away in the front outside bed.

 The Butterfly Bush in the front is doing well- I love the screaming purple.

The Black Prince Echeveria in the front planter is blooming and getting ready to open up, but since it had two bloom shoots I felt he deserved a spot!

Hope everyone in the area got some much needed rain.  From the looks of the radar, just about everyone got some.  YEA!!!!

Stop by May Dreams Garden and see all the other Bloom Day postings!