Not much blooming now with the 2nd hottest summer ever with average highs
of 91.5, 3 days of 100 and only 1.25" of rain this month, most of a few days
ago.
What is amazing is how well all the plants are doing because of double
precipitation
May and June and the heat didn't come on suddenly after a cool spell.
In the ground:
Cyclamen purpurescens, perfectly suited to my climate compared to
hederifolium
Alstromeria psittacina, almost a weed
" Sweet Laura
" Freedom
Begonia weeds
Crocosmia Emily McKenzie
" Distant Planet
Gladiiolus Boone, almost a weed
Dierama paucifolium
Plantanthera ciliaris, very reliable
Crinum bulbispermum Jumbo, after 4 spikes quit when the rains quit. Getting
seeds now.
In pots:
Crinum Ellen Bosanquet
Begonia boliviensis
Achimines
Habranthus brachyanthus
" robustus
Zephranthus primulina
" labuffarosea
Frank Cooper
Central Illinois, zone 5b