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| Heliopsis |
Although it's August now, you wouldn't know it by looking at my flower gardens. This heliopsis, or false sunflower, is just now coming into bloom. In normal year the heliopsis plants would be in full bloom by the first of July. Many plants are behind normal bloom time.
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| Monarda |
I have three monarda, or bee balm, plants that just now come into bloom when normally they start in June. Since it has been somewhat dry here, they have escaped having powdery mildew this year.
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| Japanese Anemones |
These are one of the few that plants are blooming right on time this year. I think the brutal, prolonged winter and the late freeze in spring altered a lot of the plants blooming schedules. Also, it has been so gray here day after day with little rain in June and July which probably pushed back bloom time .
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| Crepe Myrtle tree |
The crepe myrtle tree next to our deck is blooming away. It lost all of it's leaves that turned brown and died after the late spring frost. It grew all new leaves and is now blossoming undeterred.
