
Here it is the middle of August and time for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens.
But this month it coincides with Tuesday, so first a look at the South Border for the Tuesday View at Words and Herbs...

There are miniature roses...
Elsewhere in the garden...

An assortment of reds (clockwise from upper left): Hamelia patens, Calliandra californica "Baja Red", Russelia equisetiformis "Big Red", and Cuphea ignea "Vermillionaire".
The crape myrtles are blooming: Lagerstroemia indica "Rhapsody in Pink" and L. i. "Dynamite".
Two lavenders are flowering lightly: Lavandula dentata (left) and L. x intermedia (right).
Out in the White and Silver Garden, there are a few blooms.
And there are the roses, just beginning to offer a few blooms as summer slowly veers toward autumn.
And the ever-faithful Autumn Sages, here Salvia greggi "Flame".
Happy Bloom Day!

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Cathy (Wednesday, 16 August 2017 05:18)
Lovely photos Amy - the miniature roses just go on and on, don't they! And always look exquisite. Love the Caesalpinia!
Dee @ Red Dirt Ramblings (Wednesday, 16 August 2017 13:02)
Amy, an English garden in the Sonoran desert? I am truly impressed. Your photos and garden are lovely. Happy Bloom Day!~~Dee
Kris P (Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:54)
I can't get over that reblooming bearded Iris, Amy. It's gorgeous. I love your collection of red flowers too - and the roses, which goes without saying.
Amy@smallsunnygarden (Thursday, 17 August 2017 11:09)
Cathy - I'm amazed by those miniature roses - I honestly think they are the very best-adapted type to grow here. Must plant a yellow one... ;-) Thanks so much!
Amy@smallsunnygarden (Thursday, 17 August 2017 11:45)
Dee - Thanks so much for the kind comments! :) This garden is quite a learning process, but I've loved (nearly) every minute of it!
Amy@smallsunnygarden (Thursday, 17 August 2017 11:49)
Kris - Last summer I decided reblooming was too much to ask of an iris in this climate, but now I'm certainly rethinking that idea! It doesn't seem to have set back Clarence at all. And this is a time of year when any little burst of new bloom really brings life into a very tired garden...