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

Hi Annie, nice to see you. lol All of my irises are thru now. I have right now blooming: Stella D'oros A couple of Asiatic lilies White, blue and fuschia tradscantias St. Joseph Lily Cosmos Blue Phlox Davaricata Torch Lilies Night blooming jasmine Lots of my daylilies are scaping and Annie, my hostas are so beautiful. I think of you each time I see them. Thanks again my friend. I'll take some pics after while and try to post them. Nancy

Carol, I know what you meant lol. Whoever wants to start the next one can. It would actually be fun if someone different started a thread every month. Kinda taking turns :D I don't always get on the forums every day but I try to pop in every few days even if its just from my phone which I hate to type on because my keyboard is messed up from a few too many drops. Texting not a problem on it just trying to write correctly for the forums lol. I hope you do post some photos next month (tomorrow :P) Rita, did you get any rain today? We just had a little today. Of course, it didn't do it until I was outside right in the middle of potting up a few things grrr. Is your firecracker plant hardy in zone 9a? I am thinking of getting a couple for the hummingbirds. I see them on the pineapple sage once in a while. Congrats on your Grand Duke. I have Maid of Orleans which smells similar. The sambac jasmines are all so nice smelling. I read that people in Asia feed the flower buds to their koi. I should try that. halfwaythere, I love your Queen's Wreath vine. That one is on my list to get. I will probably have to protect it here in the winter but it would be worth it. Yaaaayyy! One of my gladiolas started blooming today. It is a pretty fluffy pink. I will try to get some more photos of stuff tomorrow if its not raining.

I'm always looking for plants that bloom in August in FL, which can be a challenging time for many ornamental so this is an interesting thread. I was gone from my yard for 3 weeks (fortunately all my plants survived) but pardon some of the weeds haha *= plant or its parents are native to Southeast Coreopsis 'Uptick Cream'* has been a good alternative to Coreopsis moonbeam. I'm quite pleased with it. The color does not photograph well but is beautiful in person. Hybrid but it is used by several pollinators. My seed-grown Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Lavender'* has looked good since March (sown in late January), very happy with it though it is too short for much hummingbird use. I have never fertilized it btw Cat's Whiskers that I planted in front of young American beautyberry* in an area that can sometimes get a little too much water for other plants, it seems to like it and has a very long bloom season. It's also robust and shades out weeds well which is good for my neglected backyard. Self-seeded cutflower zinnias, Partridge Pea*, and Gaillardia pulchella/Annual Blanketflower* (collected from roadside, this is a natural rolled petal mutation and not a cultivar) in my perpetually experimental Hell Bed. Mystery cuphea (maybe 'Starfire'?) I took from a cutting of a plant at my school + seed grown Salvia farincea 'Fairy Queen'. I also grow David Verity and Vermillionaire. Hummingbirds prefer Salvia gueranticas but Cuphea are a tad more reliable, quicker to root, and never need staking/don't get floppy. I highly recommend Cuphea for zone 9 FL gardens. Red Firespike is starting a little early (usually Sept - Dec). It is my favorite partial shade plant. Also of course Firebush* (Hamelia patens), lantana, pentas, and porterweeds are flowering. Salvia guaranticas are slowing down in the heat minus those in partial sun or morning sun only (of which Salvia 'Amistad' is most floriferous). I wasn't here to deadhead my Purple Coneflowers and Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunburst' so they might be through flowering (have been in flower since May).