Mid-July Blooms….

This morning was cool,as July Florida mornings go.

It motivated me to get to work on getting the gardens back into shape(after the contractors made a mess).

It’s been awhile since I took an early morning stroll,camera in hand,through the garden.

Orchids in bloom…

took this one up to the lanai,to enjoy the blooms

this one,too

Ground orchids…

Bromeliads…

Jamaican Wild Coffee…

Casearia sylvestris - Flacourtiaceae

Simpson Stopper/Twinberry  (Myrcianthes fragrans) blooms….

and berries….

the birds are having a field day with the berries….

Blue Butterfly Bush

clerodendrum ugandense

and the Plumeria are still going strong….

What’s blooming in your mid-July garden?

The weather outside is……..

……delightful…..

Low 80’s,sunny,breezy,low humidity….

Perfect for getting out there.

Weeding.

Getting the garden back in order.

So,with gloves on,clippers in hand,I set out to make this garden ship-shape.

 

However,I,also,had the camera with me……

 

……and my ADHD kicked in…..

 

very little weeding got done…..

 

Red-winged Blackbird

 

Goldfinches

 

Blue Sage

 

Pink Brandywine tomato

 

Dill

 

 

Blue Butterfly Bush Clerodendrum ugandense

 

Lemon Grass Cymbopogon in bloom

 

Zebra Long Wing on the Jatropha

 

Ground orchid growing on the lanai

 

Brown Turkey Fig.I’ve gotten over a dozen of these so far,this year.I roast ‘em.

 

I still have weeding to do………………………

 

Tomorrow,the camera stays inside!

 

Maybe……………..

 

Maybe not…………….