Green Thumb Sunday- October blooms

The nights are getting colder, but the days are still quite warm, and my garden seems to be thriving overall. The little pink hibiscus plant finally bloomed again. I've only gotten a very few blooms from this plant, and this late season flower is much smaller than previous ones, but still beautiful. There are three more buds coming, so this little gal will finish the blooming season with a bang!

The plant in the next two pictures is called a "Sky Flower" or "Golden Dew Drops" though it's proper name is Duranta erecta. Mine is only a couple months old, but it took off blooming right away. It is very hardy and should do really well in my area. The blooms seem to drip from the plant and they smell a little like chocolate. After the blooms come tiny golden berries. I am taken with how the plant grows with each new section in an almost x like pattern. It is very unique and is supposed to be a fast grower. I snapped the second picture at a nursery today, of a much larger one. I can't wait until mine is as large.




I couldn't resist planting a "balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)" after reading about them on another blog, and seeing one in a local nursery. The plant is small but it put out its first bloom this week, with the bud resembling a little balloon. The opened flower is beautiful and the prettiest shade of blue violet. It too is very hardy and should provide me with lots of future flowers.

I planted the Blue Plumbago below not too long ago, and it also bloomed for the first time this week. The flowers are also a lovely blue violet and this plant should be quite hardy in my area. I look forward to it spreading and climbing the fence, hiding the view into the neighbors weedy yard. The first picture is of the unopened bud, which I think is as beautiful as the opened flowers.


Well that is what is blooming in my desert garden this week. To see posts from around the world and to join in Green Thumb Sunday yourself please visit "As The Garden Grows".