I HATE the word HATE but I have to use it!
I HATE THE HEAT!

butterfly weed

hibiscus schizopetalus--just bought it this year

tabernaemontana single petal

blue plumbago

red racer snake

quail family--atleast what I can capture on camera--the babies blend right in with the rocks

joseph's ladder I think

rain lily

hymenocallis

double pink althea(sp)

WOWOWOW All so gorgeous!!!!!!!

Hi Becky,
thanks for the encouragement in the middle of heat
Hi Alan,
mine is getting ready to bloom too. Remember, it is fragrant. I am going to SD tomorrow and will be gone the whole week. I hope I don't miss the bloom

Nice pics Usha! Hope the snake was heading away from the house...

How does that Plumbago do in the heat?

Kelly, not sure about Usha's but my plumbago has no blooms as of the past 2 weeks.

WOW Usha!! Nice blooms!! What rain lily is that? How come I laways miss the show?

Pursalne still going strong. Calibrachoam, snail vine, bower vine, a few MG's, petunias are reblooming (surprised me!) but that's the only serious bloom I have besides lantana. This heat...........but the AZ Poinsettias are still staying with me.

My AZ Poinsetta looks nice and green, but no blooms...

It gets plenty of sun and water and it's in the ground... What could be the problem? It's not dead so that's a start.

I had 2 die on me last week. Kinda like a slug sucked the life out of them but it's probably the heat.
This one is in the shade all day except for about 1 hour of afternoon sun but all mine had the red blooms.
Too much sun stops the red from appearing...(I think!)
I will go out back in the morning and look at mine in the full sun and report back to you.