Sum' Fall stuff...

September 27

While maybe not quite as colorful as it could be, still plenty of color around the yhaads' this year.

Late season Kallstromia grandiflora

Backyard patch still going..

Senna wislizenii

S. wislizenii #2 with S. covesii in the foreground

Senna hirsuta v. glaberrima and " Torch Glow " friend..

Coral Vine / Queen's Wreath

Leucophylum l. " Lynn's Legacy " starting to light up..

Desert Willow w/ a few lingering blooms

Desert rose, the Yellow one..

Chromoleana gearing up... What looks like multiple plants is just 2.

Distimake aureus.. Tore out it's White- flowered cousin out back after it started looking like ...... and needed to go.

End of summer " How they're lookin despite this year's never ending heat " check- ins..

Plumeria Alley. Big Olive Trunk in the upper left corner.

FrMV infected Thornton Lemon

Celadine in a box..

Celadine in Plumeria Jail

Pink Singapore after regrowing new leaves ..twice this year..

Larger G. coulteri after her yearly autumn clean up..

Albizia sinaloensis ..finally starting to put on some size / get it's roots dug in...

October 3

Lynn's Legacy Final Hurrah

Gossypium thurberi

Gossypium davidsonii

Ruellia nudiflora

Ruellia californica / peninsularis

Turk's Cap

Kopsia arborea

Coral Vine

First " home grown " Devil's Claws ..Oak Flat collected P. parviflora in this case..

More to come..

It figures that as soon as i'd mentioned that the bigger " Devilish Blonde ( P. althaeifolia ) had started to bloom that something decided to take it out ..literally the next day.. ( Gopher, probably )

Luckily, her just as devilish blonde twin sister decided to fill the void ..err, appears it should soon. ..We'll see if the furry stalker roaming the yard leaves this blonde alone, lol.

Portulaca suffructescens still alive, despite the un-ending heat beat down.. Noticing these respond better when temps stay below about 104, which makes sense for a mid- elevation species.

We'll see if i can get these to flower / set seed before it gets cooler..

Pair of Sunflowers, ...of course..

Memorial Meadow sown...

...should lead to Plenty more to come, by the time a special birthday approaches around the holidays..

New bed in the works as well.. Figuring 3 Plumeria ..One where the shovel is, another in the corner behind the " Habitat Stump " ..and another near the " bone yard " ( ..Where the Peppers are currently.. )

...Specific Canna ..and possibly a couple specific Hedychiums should work here, though we'll see how well the Gingers can tolerate the sun....

October 4

Lynn's Legacy coming on a bit here now. Blooms multiple times per summer, although still hasn't hit it's stride yet I don't think. Tough plant

October 17

Now that the crazy heat we've been seeing is backing off ( -for now at least- ) seeing a nice post summer growth spurt and a little more color around the yards.

Kopsia arborea

..By day

..and after dark..

Citharexylum spinosum ( FL. Fiddlewood ) ..Never understood why it was assigned a species name that would allude to " spiny-ness " have never seen even a hint of spines on mine ..or those observed in habitat / other nurseries in FL. Held up surprisingly well thru our summer placed where it saw a little more sun ( as an experiment to see how it handled it )

Ruellia californica " out back plants " starting a fall flowering cycle

Senna wislizeni ..still going, oldest specimen at least.

Extended heat was not kind to the Morning Glories ( I. hederacea ) this year ..but there are still a few pops of blue out there.. Unfortunately, heat took out my attempt at banking home grown I. coccinea ( Trans Pecos M.G. ) seed this year. Glad i didn't plant all the seed i had collected in '21.

Tithonia routundifolia getting going a bit late.. Tried to start it's flowering cycle during the brief cool down back in Sept. and have been sitting still, waiting for cooler weather since the extended heatwave set in.

A sign at how un eventful this year's monsoon was? all but one of these are still upright / not blown over by wind while growing.

Direct - sown Devilish Blonde #2 flowering.. Still waiting to see if it avoids becoming a victim of the tunneling furry menace.. One of the older potted Devilish Blondes appears to be budding atm too.

A " blushing " Yellow Desert Rose.. Interesting that this bloom cycle is producing flowers that are blushed pink instead of solidly yellow. Tough color to capture correctly in photos too..

Aloysia gratissima w/ Xylocopa ( sonorina or californica or ... ) guard.

Coral Vine coming out of a heat induced slumber.. and attracting all the honeybees in tha hood..

Another one of those plants where it is hard to decide which scene is more appealing / alluring

...by day

..or when bathed in bright full moonlight..

Aside from the Plumeria container ranch looking better now that the heat is backing off, planted specimens are responding well too..

" Celadine in Jail ", looking good, now that the heat isn't trying to burn off new leaves.. Nice lil push of fresh growth too.

..Same w/ Dwf. Pink Singapore.. Stems w/ no white on em = amount of growth seen since the worst of the heat started to back down. Not too shabby, imo.

Tuesday at 01:30 AM

Devilish Blondes avoiding death by tunneling furry menace.. ...and forming seedpods.

..and flowering in a pot. Think this container will be moved somewhere where these can cook a bit more next year so they're not as stretched out ..If i don't decide to transplant to a spot out front.