Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, 15 September 2010

Another month has gone by. Even though the summer didn't feel very summer-y this year, it's really starting to feel like fall. The orioles are all gone. The morning chill is lasting a little longer. The sun is setting a bit earlier. And the sun is *definitely* coming up quite a bit later. The bean production has all but stopped. The cucumber production has slowed quite remarkably. The zucchini production -- that is, the setting of fruits -- has not only NOT slowed, it has increased. The good news for me is that mostly they aren't turning into actual zucchinis for the table... or bread... or cake. And the ones that do turn into produce are doing so quite slowly.

But we're here to talk about what's blooming today. The zucchini continue to put on some amazing squash blossoms, but the rest of the veggie garden has mostly stopped blooming. Nothing in the way of California natives are blooming, but that doesn't keep them from creating a little garden "interest" such as the Western Virgin's Bower seed heads.

So, here's what's blooming in my yard today:

• Nasturtiums
• Canna Lilies
• Coral Bells (huh? They're usually done by summer!)
• Western Columbine (just a few blossoms)
• Hybrid Penstemon
  
• Roses
• California Poppies (a few small ones here and there)
• Ivy Geraniums
• Impatiens
• Trailing Lobelia
• Chrysanthemums
  
• Some garlic relative (weed)
• Solanum rattonii (white-flowered vine)
• Basil
• Purple Potato Plant
• Plumbago (both vining and creeping)
• Sunflowers (there are a few left)
• Sticky Monkeyflower (just a few blossoms)