Blooming Sansevieria

Our Sansevieria horwoodii finally bloomed! It shot up one long stalk with several flower buds. It's the first time the plant has ever produced flowers.

Peacock Orchid

Here is a picture of our first peacock orchid in bloom. It looks like there will be few blooms for these plants this year. It's their first year.

Our orange gladiolus bloomed this week. It was so hot that it only produced one bloom. I've never seen a gladiolus like this one: it's a double, ruffled bloom. It's a beautiful color. It has orange on the outside and then fades to a dark, peach on the inside.

As for everything else, we are trying to not let it get crispy. We have no plants in full sun because we have so many trees in our yard. Yet even the part sun plants are trying to move to the shade. At least that's what I think they're doing. Poor plants.

By the way, to comment on the end of the previous post. The bunnies are eating the liatris. Matt feels very conflicted. He wagged his finger at the culprit and told him not to do it again. This should work since Matt is very good with rabbits. He speaks au lapin.

Back At It

Whew! What a year! My poor garden blog is being ignored more than the garden. I just wanted to get on real quick and post some pictures from the garden. Our gladiolus is blooming. We planted it late and I wasn't expecting blooms this year. It has shot up five plants and two are blooming. The picture is of the pink one. The orange one is still budding. It will be interesting to see what that ends up looking like. Our hydrangeas are blooming profusely despite the heat. However, their blooms sag because of the heat, so Matt's out there every day watering them. Of course they are on the complete other side of the yard from the hose. Finally, we have the liatris. It's one of our "Seussian" looking plants. Something has been coming and breaking them off near the base before they bloom out. Poor plants.