Ok, I will get the ball rolling....

I seem to have less this year than other years, I don't know why.

Hydrangea
Clethra
Hardy Hibiscus
Butterfly Bush
Perovskia
Gallardia
Echinacea
Phlox 'Nora Leigh'
Hostas
Cosmos
Morning Glory

Containers have Browallia, Nasturtiums, Lisianthus, White Marigold, Lantana, Wax Begonia, Tuberous Begonias, and Torenia. Four OClocks buds but not blooming yet.

I know these are annuals and not perennials, but I've posted the photos of the perennials in one post or another and didn't want to bore anyone posting them again. [g]

Can you see which is the Browalia and which is the Torenia? They look so much alike...lol. The Browalia has bloomed it's head off this year. Torenia not so vigorous.

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Gorgeous picture, prairemoon. I love browallia and torenias too.

Here's my list for today:
Black and Blue Salvia
Salvia farinacea, Victoria
White, pink, and yellow rain lilies
roses: Nearly Wild, Carefree Sunshine, Nagadoches, Valentine, Knockout Double Red, Osos Easy Paprika
Hydrangeas: Endless Summer, Blushing Bride, Tardiva, Limelight
Zinnias: angustifolious, profusion (the color named FIRE holds up incredibly well in our heat)
Cannas
Cuphea (several)
Gaillardia: Oranges and Lemons
Crown Jewels Hibiscus
Crinums
Tibouchina
Incredibly, Beautiful Edgings daylilies (they haven't stopped since mid May)
Salvia, Mystic Spires
Heliopsis, Summer Sun
Queen Elizabeth Victoria
lantanas
Rudbeckia, Herbstonne
Rozanne geraniums
Any day now: Kostelvskya, Immaculate and Low Down Helianthus

Wonderful foliage plants: Duranta, Cuba Gold; Spirea Ogon (fading a bit, but still lovely), Berberis, loropetalum, grasses: Miscanthus, Adagio; Overdam, Muhly

I also seem to have less in bloom this year. Hmmm...

Anyway, in addition to my annuals and dahlias, I have

several types of rudbeckia
lobelia siphilitica
hydrangeas (more or less, lol)
hostas
dianthus Russian Skies
several types of phlox
lilies
a few daylilies
roses here and there
echinacea (although most look VERY ratty)
a bit of monarda (also kind of ratty)
helenium

I think that's it, off the top of my head. Can someone tell me if there is another name for rudbeckia Herbstonne? I think I have this but I think I have it labeled as another rudbeckia. I started it from seed, I believe.

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Dee

Oops, forgot the hibiscus.

I just went out to pick some eggplant, and the first thing that I saw when I walked out the front door was a huge red bloom of Lord Baltimore.

BTW, PM2, I also forgot to say what a beautiful photo - GREAT colors!

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Dee

Here is what I currently have blooming:

Agastache 'Apache Sunset'
Asclepias tuberosa
Coreopsis 'Autumn Blush'
Coreopsis 'Creme Brule'
Coreopsis 'Sunburst'
Delosperma kelaidis 'Mesa Verde'
Dianthus 'Ideal Select Red' (perennial for me)
Echinacea 'Harvest Moon'
Echinacea 'Summer Sky'
Echinacea 'Sundown'
Echinacea 'Sunrise'
Gaillardia 'Goblin'
Gaillardia 'Burgandy'
Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons'
Daylily 'Pardon Me' and 'Stella de Oro' (just budding out)
Shasta daisies 'Fiona Coghill' and 'Alaska' (though they are winding down)
Penstemon pinifolius
Rudbeckia 'Irish Eyes'
Herbs - Lavender, Garlic Chives, Thyme, Oregano

Crocosmia 'Lucifer' should be blooming, but something ate the entire bud stems off. Grrrrr!!!

I also have a couple of mums that got confused and started blooming already, which is weird, since I have more than one of each of these, and the others aren't blooming yet.

Solidago is getting ready to bloom, but will probably be at least another week or more before it starts.

Bonnie

Right now, the star of my garden is phlox. I have about 8 or 9 different colours. And because we have been blessed with MUCH rain this year, the phlox are tall! How tall? Well, I am 5'6" and one plant of David is as tall as me or even slightly over my head.
Another beautiful mid-August plant: lobelia siphilitica (blue) - this is a great, tall, blue plant for late summer. Also rudbeckia triloba is coming into bloom now. Other types of rudbeckia have been in bloom for a while. Still to come: asters, mums, sedums, etc.

Echinacea 'ruby star'
Spirea 'neon flash'
buddleia -- all varieties
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Knock Out Roses having recovered from the Japanese beetle damage:
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salvia greggii
rudbeckia
verbena
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agastache 'salmon and pink'
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salvia black and blue
bog salvia
perennial ageratum
perennial heliotrope

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coreopis 'creme brulee' (still too small, IMHO)
more buddleia 'adonis blue'
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gaillardia
nepeta
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smokebush
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also:

tall garden phlox
geranium 'rozanne'
daylily 'happy returns' and 'stella d'oro'
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Cameron

Here is a link that might be useful: more pix in my gardening blog

Cameron, gorgeous garden, thanks for sharing! Is this the first year for your Coreopsis 'Creme Brule'? Unless it was just recently planted, or growing in too much shade, it's growth habit should look more like this:

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I have three in different areas of the garden, and they all form a mound, about twice as wide as they are tall. They are blooming machines if deadheaded regularly.

Bonnie

Here's what's blooming for me:

Hostas
Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' and 'Sweet Dreams'
Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'
Echinacea 'magnus' and 'sundown'
Butterfly bush (can't recall name at the moment)
Miniature roses (second flush)
Lamium (second flush)
Rubeckia 'goldsturm'
Filigran Russian sage
cupid's dart
Cannas
Becky Shasta Daisy
cransbill geranium
liatris 'floristan white'
Salvia 'May night' (second flush)

I've posted a pic of a new garden created this May. When I first put this garden together, I didn't purchase a single plant for it. All were divisions or transplants from other areas. It's grown together quite nicely. I have since purchased a couple of gaillardia 'goblin' and 'burgundy'. No blooms as I just put them in recently. I figure with all the rain were getting I don't have to worry about them drying out - perhaps drowning might be a problem though.

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Great photos everyone!

Donna...You listed a lot of roses. I have not had good luck with the three I tried this year. I got about 3 weeks of nice bloom and fragrance and then no more bloom and foliar problems the rest of the season. I'm ready to pull them! You are in a warmer area then I am, but I also thought it was Hot & Humid the way it gets here in the summer too. How are you doing with yours? How long a bloom season do they give you and have you had foliar problems?

Dee...what did you mean by 'several types of phlox'? I only have the paniculata going now. My echinaceas aren't looking very good right now either. Flopping all over the place. I don't think we got enough sun this year. Plum Crazy Hibiscus just opened for the first time today and I am impressed with the gorgeous nine inch blooms.

Bonnie...you are so lucky to be able to grow the western Agastaches. I love that look!

Shapiro....what do you grow with your Phlox and do you stake them? My one and only 'Nora Leigh' is on the ground now.

Cameron...what a beautiful garden you have! Love your fence too. :-) Thanks for posting your photos.

Garnet...what a nice front bed. Don't you just love having enough plants to spread around? So the August blooms in that bed would be the Liatris, Perovskia and Rudbeckia?

pm2