Our Garden Blooms in Summer

 It is about time for showing you some photos, taken on September 8...

Things blooming in our garden.

On September 8, I walked around and captured some of our summer blooms.

This is a beautiful summer Azalea, in a pot on our patio, right below the kitchen bay window.

Hummingbirds LOVE it!

Crocosmia blooming abundantly!

Showing you the actual size of a Crocosmia flower...

Our hummingbirds love them!

On September 8, our Hydrangea paniculata, Limelight a late–summer and autumn blooming variety that starts indeed out a bit 'greenish'.

Kwekkie still checking IF there is one more kernel left from her breakfast...

She is on our driveway in the morning—together with the kitties, waiting for breakfast!

A happy duck!

Our Liriope muscari variegata, near the driveway are blooming...

A Moonflower Ipomoea alba, around breakfast time—after blooming at night.

An insect is inside.

New Moonflower Ipomoea alba buds—ready to unfold during the night at our Rose Arbor.

September 8, I spotted the first Spider lilies in bloom and more buds to open soon.

Our Spunky girl—inside the garden hose near the driveway...

On September 12, showing you the HUGE size of our Moonflower's leaves!

Yep, they LOVED all that August rain...

On the trellis against the storage room underneath our balcony... Moonflower Ipomoea alba vine. 

That trellis photo did NOT show the Moonflower Ipomoea alba's actual size!

This was early morning, during a darker day so they thought it still was not yet DAYTIME...

Our Oxalis are blooming again!

They got all whacked off with a weed eater—by our over–active garden crew!

But since those are bulbs, they did come back.

Our Hydrangea paniculata, Limelight on September 22 in the sunlight.

And on the fence, the Potato Vine or Solanum laxum 'Album'.

Hoping you enjoyed our summer bloomers!

Do you have anything blooming in summer?

Related links:

Azalea Society of America | Late Blooming Azaleas at bottom

{Crocosmia} | previous post by me

{OXALIS in Our Garden} | previous post by me

{Our Liriope Muscari - Border Grass or Lily-turf} | previous post by me

Sorghum from Birdseed

It looks like our Georgia garden critters are taking things in their own hands by seeding some Sorghum plants from Birdseed!

First I thought it was corn, by looking at the plants leaves...

This was on September 8.

Against the repurposed Umbrella Post with Bird Feeder on top.

Pieter always leaves seed out for the mourning doves and for the brown thrasher, they love to search on the ground. Also the Cardinals and others.

So three plants have grown up from sprouted seeds...

This is close to the Bird Feeder that I mentioned in my previous post.

Pieter repurposed that parasol pole on Christmas day, 1998—it kept well!

They seem to be ripening perfectly well—this was on September 21.

We just leave them there for the birds to enjoy later...

Do you see plants growing up from birdseed in your yard?

Related link:

Sorghum Growing in Georgia | previous post by me

Our Bird Feeder with Dried Mealworms atop Umbrella Pole

 Keeping such a vast estate up to date in every area, is quite an upkeep.

But it is oh so rewarding to see HAPPY BIRDS around.

Bird Feeder with plexiglass front and back so we can see how much they ate...

Dried Mealworms with some sunflower seeds and other bird feed mixed in.

Pieter did start purchasing these dried mealworms for the baby birds from our Eastern Phoebe end of May, that had a nest in our front porch. See post below.

The Carolina Wrens go in there often, pick out one worm and hack it to pieces somewhere on a tree trunk.

We left the thick slice of the oak tree's stump on the ground—for that purpose.

Also the perfectly sawn off oak tree trunk serves as a feeding table for lots of birds—and squirrels of course.

But they too have to live... We saw one with a severe bot fly warbles under its skin—the dreaded Cuterebra emasculator Fitch.

Pieter leaves peanuts in the shell for the squirrels and sunflower seeds.

Are you feeding birds and using dried mealworms as well?

{Umbrella Pole Recycled into Bird Feeder Post} | previous post by me

Eastern Phoebe Reside in Front Porch with Babies | previous post by me