Potpourri

Zephyranthes (rain lily).

Caladium.

Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising'.

Succulents.

Gloriosa lily (flame lily).

Chaste tree (Vitex).

'Sunshine' ligustrum and 'Red Hot' Black Diamond crepe myrtle.

Bee on bog sage.

Crocosmia buds.

Small gladiolus.

River oats.

Crepe myrtle.

Jungly flower bed.

Tiger lily.

'Red Hot' Black Diamond crepe myrtle.

One day, I saw a large (and rather ugly) mushroom in the front yard and had Luna sit next to it for scale.  The only problem is, Luna doesn't usually love having her photo taken.

She went from ambivalent...

To skeptical...

To "I've got to find some way to get away from here!"  (g)

'Lady Margaret' Passion Vine

It's been a good year from this passion vine.  The Gulf fritillary butterflies came fairly early this year, but for whatever reason, their hungry little caterpillars haven't defoliated it, as they did a couple years ago.  It's covered in leaves and is still blooming, even now in October. 

Gulf fritillary caterpillars:

Rose of Sharon

Crinum

Crinum x. powellii 'Album'.
I think this is the first year this all-white crinum has bloomed in our garden.  Last year, we had our first blooms from the "milk-and-wine" type, which are white with a red stripe down the center of each petal. 

Speaking of the milk-and-wine crinum, this was supposed to be another of those, but when it bloomed this year (for the first time in our garden), it was clear that it's another type-- maybe 'Ellen Bosanquet'?  (Though we have a small 'Ellen Bosanquet' elsewhere in the garden, it hasn't bloomed, yet, so I've only seen the flowers in photos.)

Whatever it is, I love the dark pink flowers!