June Gloom Blooms 2023

 

Tritelia laxa

 

The flowers are in reverse alphabetical order (sort of) because that is how blogger adds them.  Whatever.  A hurried bloom post this month, because lots of gardening continues while the gloom still makes gardening all day possible.

Teucrium 'Ackermanii':

Sprekelia formossissima, so much better at eye level!

Worthy of close-up examination:

Salvia apiana:

Dear 'Rozanne' Geranium, how I missed you last year, your flowers and foliage constantly mowed down by rabbits!

So happy to see you again, at the base of roses...

Anywhere and everywhere, now protected from the long-eared nose-wigglers:

Representative Roses.  'The Ambridge Rose':

'Snowbird':

'Easy Does It':

'Valencia':

'Francis Meilland':

'Princesse Charlene de Monaco':

New Hellebore flowers even in June.  Must have been the gloom:

Love that mauve-y color:

Getting that color develop in the Hydrangeas as the soil sulfur begins to work its acidifying effect.  Not so bright pink anymore:

Lavender 'Provence' beginning to send up flowers amidst the Marigolds:

Representing the Leucospermums, new growth emerging on this one:

One of the last of this season's 'Tango', with Sideritis cypria:

Leucadendron galpinii cones have white/silver edging and tiny tufts of black:

'Oak Leaf' Kalanchoe flowers have racing stripes:

The Hunnemannias check out the Kalanchoe:

Hesperaloe:

Hemerocallis:

Echeveria:

Dudleya, species unknown:

They nearly exhaust themselves blooming, but have recovered every winter so far. 

Cuphea 'Vermillionaire' with Lantana and Agave 'Joe Hoak':

Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' was later than all the other Clematis in the garden, but worth the wait:

She eyes the Trachelium:

Pulling the sweet peas as slowly as possible, because Bumble and Carpenter bees visit the flowers--must leave them a food source as long as possible. 

The dwarf Alstromerias are going to sleep for the summer.  The silver Dichondra will quickly fill in the empty spots, then go to sleep in late autumn just as the Alstroemerias wake up again. (How cool is that!)  Taller 'Rock and Roll' is readying to do so as well...

...but 'Indian Summer' will continue for months and months:

June in Southern California means Agapanthus.  With our cooler wet winter and long stretch of May-Gray and June-Gloom, Agapanthus have slowed down.   Here's the very first open one in the garden this year, 'Prunetucky Summer':

Looking back at last year's June blooms, there were already lots of Dahlia flowers.  This year, only 'Dracula Dark Angel' has buds as yet.  July may be Dahlia time this year.