We had one very stormy day and some tremendous thunderstorms this week. I decided to check our local rainfall totals for the past week – 12.04 inches. Wow. The glut of precipation has refreshed the garden and inspired new growth and flowers.
Above is the Barometer Bush (Luecophyllum frutescens) – supposedly the flowers indicate rain is on the way. Oh, boy.
The White Frangipani (Plumeria) tree has opened its first set of flowers. I am not tall enough to get a good picture.
Hawaiian Snow Bush (Breynia nivosa) is putting out new foliage – frosted with ‘snow’. I bought this to replace one of my favorite shrubs I live too far south to grow, Burgundy Loropetalum. It is doing and admirable job so far.
A Thyrallis (Galphimia glauca) with its first flower. I very nearly killed this by leaving it in my plant orphanage too long. This is a native shrub, a great pollinator plant and is usually covered in yellow flowers (if you remember to plant it). I was surprised to see this sold as a summer annual in Atlanta.
The Sweet Almond Bush (Aloysia virgata) has greened up magnificentally and is filled with fragrant white flowers.
Last, but not least, a bounty of Rain Lily (Zephyranthes) flowers followed the rain.
That is my six on this, so far, sunny Saturday. For more posts, go and visit http://www.thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com.
Happy Gardening.
The Shrub Queen 
Wonderful life giving rain! The Thyrallis looks interesting…will it get very large?
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Yes, some roadways and ditches still have water in them. The Thyrallis is usually about 4 x 4 feet, a really attractive shrub.
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Wow, I envy you that rain! We seem to be heading for another drought year. Beautiful flowers you shared Amy. 😃
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Drought? I hope not. Believe it or not, some things need water again..Thank you.
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Your flowers are looking great and there is nothing like rain to perk up a garden. We had storms, but it ended up to be just a nice amount. Watching launch and hoping for good weather over your way. Fingers crossed with a prayer.
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Thanks, weather beautiful this afternoon here – we are 80 or so miles from Cape canaveral and can sometimes see the rockets, but not today..watched it on TV and ran outside – nothing.
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12 inches of rain! That’s amazing, and would be very rare in these parts. I love frangipani as we used to have one in our garden in Sydney, and its fragrance was glorious. wouldn’t be able to grow one here because of frosty winters.
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Ahh
Frangipani and lilies
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We didn’t get as much rain as you did but my herbs sure didn’t like that much water. Your garden does look refreshed.
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Wow, 12 inches! That’s a lotta rain! We could use some of that rain – May has been beautiful weather, but not enough rain. The soil is getting dusty and some of the plants look a bit stressed.
Your six are lovely and I wish I could smell them, but I can’t complain, I have lilacs and lily of the valley in bloom – heavenly!
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I’m trying to grow enough Zephyranthes and Habranthus from seed to risk planting them out in the garden. As far as I know they aren’t hardy here but I want to put it to the test, they are so lovely.
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those rain lilies are really lovely, beautiful!
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Thank you, I am enjoying them.
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White plumeria is RAD! My colleague down south has one that is supposedly even more white, without a yellow center.
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