A Coastal Alabama Garden: Earlier This Summer

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Earlier This Summer

Continuing to sort through photos from earlier in the summer...

Rose of Sharon:

Gladiolus:

Gladiolus 'Atom':

Passion flower, 'Lady Margaret':

Rose:

Bobwhite quail:

Crinum x. powellii 'Album':

Curcuma 'Scarlet Fever':

Green lynx spider (just noticed how many legs it seems to be missing!):

Metallic fly:

Succulent:

Gloriosa lily:

Gardenia:

Vitex (chaste tree, new to the garden this year!):

Purple Coneflower:

Bog sage:

Cleome:

Welcome!

I'm a lazy gardener located in a coastal county of Alabama, within a short drive of the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay.

My garden is in zone 8b (sunset zone 28), which means we have mild winters, hot summers, and a long growing season. Rain can (and will) fall any/every month of the year, sometimes by the bucketful, and humidity is a way of life.

We can grow a wide range of plants, including subtropicals, but anything that needs a good winter chill is out, and some plants just can't abide our delightful combination of relentless summertime heat and humidity. (Can't say that I blame them, to be honest...)

My gardening style is informal and eclectic. I love old-fashioned plants (and gardens)-- cottage gardens-- and exuberant, jungly plantings. I'm always in search of plants that are tough enough to survive my imperfect gardening practices-- but I'm trying to do better, year by year.

My husband (Donald) and I dabble in vegetable gardening, but it's not a passion. We share our large, fenced yard with two Eskies (American Eskimo dogs) named Trixie and Luna.