Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - June 2017

I am so happy that I waited until this morning to write my GBBD post. I had been feeling as miserable as my garden looked prior to midnight last night when a frightful thunder storm raged through here.  This storm brought the first rain of June to the garden. I mean to tell  you the first drop of rain. I thought our poor garden was doomed. Amazing what 3/4" of rain will do for your flowers let alone One's own spirit.

The stars of the garden right now are the day lilies. Most of mine are old fashioned varieties such as the one above, Paper Butterfly.

Screech Owl

Bubbly 

And most appropriately named June Bug. The rest of them blooming now are fairly tame looking compared to all the fancy varieties available now. Am I showing my gardening age?? I love them all anyway.

Day lilies aren't the only things blooming right now of course.

I have several tall lilies in the garden. This one is Heartstrings. The rest of them look so worn from the drought that I won't picture them.

The Coneflowers are beginning to bloom.

This Papaya Coneflower is a new introduction to my garden this year and it is gorgeous. Even with the droughty weather it has been blooming. 

The Oakleaf Hydrangeas are blooming. I don't know the names of them but they are also a plant that doesn't pay much attention to the weather. I wish I was more like them. This one has big ole blooms on it. 

This one has more blooms but smaller. 

The spiderworts are blooming up a storm.

Yuccas are blooming. I always think of them as one of my birthday flowers as it blooms near my birthday. 

These lovely Calla Lily 'Golden Nugget' is blooming now. They are such cheerful bloomers and make great cut flowers. Then you have this poka dotted leaves to accent the flower bed. Amazing that these used to be considered annuals here. Now what with the global warming they survive our winters. At least so far. 

The above Hibiscus is a tropical plant that my neighbor gave me when she was moving into a condo with no room for such a large plant/planter. I didn't really want the plant but the container came with it and I did want the container. After it started blooming I can see why she wanted it to perpetuate. It is a gorgeous bloom.

What all is blooming in your garden? You can share your blooms with me and others from all over the world at Carol's May Dreams Garden where this meme of many years has flourished. Do share...

The rest of the story...Other blooms in my garden:

Russian sage

Lambs Ears

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Geranium 'Biokovo

Hostas of all sorts, mini and tall

Balloon Flowers

Coneflower 'Magnus'

Hydrangea 'Annebelle'

Hydrangea 'Strawberry Vanilla'

Hydrangea 'Silver Blue'

Daylily 'Tetrina's Daughter'

Daylily 'Nowhere to hide'

Daylily 'Song Sparrow'

Daylily 'Ditch Lily'

Tall Lily 'Mahogany Red'

Tall lily 'Tango Blend'
Carpet Rose
Rose 'White Dawn'

The Datura bloomed last night for the first time.

Annuals...