Callicarpa americana, Beautyberry
I'm going to be away from the garden a lot over the next 2 weeks and I'm starting to get a little apprehensive about how the plants will fare without me. It doesn't help that I'm behind on my gardening chores due to a bout of sinusitis. Due to my inherited tendencies towards respiratory problems, it's all too easy for sinus problems to become a full on attack of bronchitis. (If we lived in the Pacific Northwest or Alaska, this could pose a real problem since my coughing fits tend to resemble the mating calls of a moose.) I got to the doctor quickly this time, though, and have made a concerted effort to stay inside and take it easy.
Today I finally felt well enough to venture forth and see what I could get done in the cooler weather (not cool, but cooler ... 82 was the temperature at 2:30 when I came in). I got several recent purchases into the ground before calling it quits and coming inside. Then the plumber arrived to replace an elderly toilet (and OHMYGOSH, people, what a difference is all I can say). I was sitting on the sofa entertaining the dog when I remembered that it was the first day of yoga class ... so that entailed a hurried 5 minutes of changing into yoga togs, grabbing my mat and dashing off to arrive 20 minutes late and not quite in a calm and centered frame of mind. After 50 minutes of navel contemplation (it's the first time in 4 months my navel's been sucked in that much), I was in much better spirits. Then I got home and remembered that I still needed to take pictures for bloom day! And despite the repeated and vicious attacks by mosquitoes, that's what I did. I'll let the Head Gardener take over from here since she says I'm too wordy ... she says today's about the blooms and I should let them do the talking!
Justicia fulvicoma, Pinecone Shrimp Plant
Rosa 'Old Blush'
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Lantana camara, Unknown variety (50 cents on Lowe's clearance table!)
Malpighia glabra, Barbados Cherry
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Lantana camara, Unknown variety (50 cents on Lowe's clearance table!)
Much as I'd love to share more of what's blooming on my corner of Katy, I must bid y'all adieu and get busy packing so I can get on the road to Austin in a couple of hours. 14 days till October 1st!
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