What's looking good in July 2026

[Logan]

Mixed border of cosmos, strawflowers and gladioli

 

[Meadowlark]

 

[Meadowlark]

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Helianthus petiolaris

Monarda didyma

Liatris spicata

 

[WaterlilyBear]

@Sheal recommendations once again prove true...

Based on her recommendation, I planted the Lobelia Cardinalis this spring in an overhaul of a micro-pond. It is flourishing and now started blooming... surprisingly to me.

Lobelia cardinalis, commonly known as cardinal flower, is a striking North American native perennial celebrated for its intense red blooms, love of wet habitats, and strong appeal to hummingbirds.

A herbaceous perennial in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae), typically 3–6 ft tall with vibrant red, tubular flowers arranged on tall racemes. The flower shape is specialized for hummingbird pollination, especially the ruby‑throated hummingbird.


Thanks for the tip @Sheal...

In Bloom...
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Another one starting to bloom...

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The red cardinal flower also has a blue cousin: Lobelia Siphilitica that you might want to add next year. The blue variety grows a little shorter: 2-3ft - and blooms later into the fall than the red, so they're actually good to plant together for varied and extended color in the same space!

 

[DiggersJo]

At last producing chillies again...

 

[Xraycer]

 

[Meadowlark]

In the category plants reblooming in July after early spring blooms...

 

[dirty hands]

 

[dirty hands]

 

[Meadowlark]

The Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), an incredible plant that grows anywhere that isn't mowed or otherwise messed with by humans here on Meadowlark Ranch...

 

[Meadowlark]

My "mailbox" garden is looking good for its first year. It is survival of the fittest in this spot...no water, no mowing, nothing...just threw out bunches of perennial native plant seeds in hopes of giving the neighbors who are retrieving mail something better to look at.

 

[Xraycer]

My very first zinnia, that I'd planted from seed, just opened up, today.

 

[Meadowlark]

Those are the most underrated flowers I know. Butterflies love them...including the Great Monarch.

 

[Meadowlark]

This native Texas wildflower is popping up all over the Ranch anywhere it isn't mowed. The Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida),