In Bloom in September

The sun's rays are lower now, and shifting southward.  Temperatures have dropped just a little.  Days are shorter, and breezes are cooler.  At mid-month September is finally bringing relief after a long summer.

Not surprisingly, the garden is responding with increased bloom.  Mostly from plants that already had a few flowers and are now anxious to put on more.  But there are also the roses and an unexpected couple of flower clusters on Justicia californica.

Here is September for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.

Central Bed:

The Alnwick Rose

Lagerstroemia indica "Dynamite"

Cuphea ignea "Vermillionaire"

Daniela

Russelia equisetiformis "Big Red"

Wollerton Old Hall with Salvia greggi

South Border:

Leucophyllum frustescens "Green Cloud" (?)

Catharanthus roseus, Eremophila hygrophana, and Leucophyllum frutescens

Pennisetum setaceum rubrum with Catharanthus roseus

East Border:

Lantana in front of Euphorbia tirucalli "Firesticks" and Acacia salicina

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

North Border:

Hamelia patens

Ruellia brittoniana

Justicia californica

White and Silver Garden:

Lantana

Ed. Here is one I missed yesterday.  My sister discovered it last night... by the fragrance!

Jasminum sambac 

Rose Border:

Crown Princess Margareta

I have also been taking advantage of the milder weather to do some long-awaited planting, mostly iris, cacti, and other hardy succulents.  But today is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, so here is September's showing in the desert garden.  If you like, you can check what is in bloom around the world in September at May Dreams Gardens.

Weather Diary: Fair; High: 96 F (36 C)/Low: 66 F (19 C); Humidity: 7%-31%