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Pics & Tips 159
| Pics & Tips 159: Flowers By Gale Chester Whittington ==Copyright 2004-2009== |
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| FREE HUMOR! Hilarious short stories, poems, essays, blog, and novel excerpts by your webmaster, award-winning author, GaleChesterWhittington. com |
| Swamp Salvia uglinosa, still blooming in ninety degree heat. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| More Flower Pics & Tips on Page 160! Return to Home/Index |
| August 20, 2008! Smile and enjoy your virtual walk through my Oklahoma Zone 7 flower gardens! Today's photos include Texas Scarlet Sage salvia coccinea, Blue Swamp Salvia uglinosa, and red Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle lagerstroemia indica in tree form. If you would like to use one of the pictures or have a comment, please email me from Ask Gale Page. |
| Scarlet or Texas Sage (salvia coccinea) fills in as other plants wilt in the heat. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Swamp Salvia uglinosa has long wiry stems that are remarkably strong. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Swamp Salvia uglinosa, a delicious sky blue. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Note the yellow stamens of Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica), a must for the summer garden in Oklahoma Zone 7. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Reseeding annual Scarlet or Texas Sage (salvia coccinea) will continue to bloom until frost. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| "Red" Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica), usually blooms July through August. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica), one of the taller varieties. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica), cotton candy on a tree! 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Scarlet or Texas Sage (salvia coccinea) adaptable to most situations. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| If this Scarlet or Texas Sage (salvia coccinea) flower isn't an open invitation to a humming bird, I don't know what is. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Scarlet or Texas Sage (salvia coccinea) naturalizes by reseeding itself. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Swamp Salvia uglinosa, a standout in the summer garden. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Centennial Spirit Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica), the striking tree form. 8-20-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
