What are your summer flowers blooming?

[mrsg47]

Thank you so much. Since we are 10 hours by plane closer to the sub-continent I might have a chance of finding all of them.

[swincher]

@mamuang

Kaprow (กะเพราะ) or Holy basil. There are two kinds, the “red” and the “white) holy basil, based on the color of the leaves. Holy basil has narrow, skinny leaves with spicier taste to it. It is difficult to find it in Southeast Asian market in the US.

My kaprow (aka tulsi?) hardly grew and then bolted while it was tiny, but I dug it up from the garden bed and I’m hoping it’ll do ok in the greenhouse until spring. I assume it’s the “white” variety since it’s not red at all:

[lavender]

It looks like a sweat bee, maybe? Native bees are so fun to watch - so many shapes, sizes and colors. I looked up the green ones at one time because I was intrigued by the color.

[mamuang]

That is some kind of basil. It probably has so many variations. The plant bolts easily. You need to remove flowers constantly. If you let it flower, it seems to slow the growth does not produce many leaves as it is busy setting seeds.

I have too many things to take care of in the garden so some of mine do bolt. If they set seeds, you can use them to grow more next yesr.

Here is my Holy basil or Kaprow (called tulsi in Hindi).

And Sweet basil Horapa.

[mrsg47]

Thank you so much Tippy. I have seen the purple, and lemon but never the holy. This really helps alot. In the Spring the asian markets sell the plants. I am so happy. I like ‘real’ tastes! We have lovely Thai restaurants outside of town.

[mamuang]

I would suggest avoid lemon basil. It smells and tastes a bit different.

Sweet basil and holy basil are the best and they are often interchangeable.

[IL847]

I like the one in your second picture. The purple stem Basil we call it Thai Basil. Love its aroma

[mamuang]

That is Horapa or Sweet basil.

If you like mussels, steamed mussels with herbs is a dish popular. We use herbs including sweet basil in the recipe. I like this lady’s Thai cooking video.

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/mussels-with-thai-herbs/.

[Naeem]

Dhalia 09-16-21. These Dhalias are flowering crazy since July. I planted just one bulb in March at this spot. Also planted some at front yard but those did not flowered due to less sunlight.

[figerama]

[Luisport]

Hedychium kinkaku

[TNHunter]

These grow along our county road… early fall. Later on I pull the seed heads and sew them along my driveway and back yard edge.

[Luisport]

[smsmith]

A few of pics from our wildflower plot that my wife took. Shasta Daisies just getting started. Russell Lupines are probably halfway through their bloom. Next week’s heat may shorten that bloom, I hope not.

[mamuang]

The lupine field is very beautiful. I am very surprised that your Shasta daisies are blooming. I am 2-3 zones warmer and mine won’t bloom until July.

[smsmith]

We have an improved variety of Shasta (maybe Alaskan?) daisy that blooms much later and has much larger blossoms.

Maybe what we have blooming now are Oxeye Daisies?

[mamuang]

Around here, the late blooming daisy is called Montauk. It has larger flowers and bloom in Oct.

[warmwxrules]

So i started some poppies from seed last year…grew them out last summer (they may or may not have bloomed)…they came back even better this year and have the 1st bloom today. I had no idea these things overwinter? i assumed they were annual.

[TNHunter]

Front porch flowers… south sunny side.
And just past them… my lapins cherry… nice tree healthy…no fruit yet.

[mamuang]

Too hot for peonies this year.