Too much is blooming now for pictures of foliage, bark, trees, vines, shrubs or any other horticultural subject matter. I got these pictures before yesterday, so they are technically still spring bloom.
1. Gladiolus X hortulanus, gladiolus looks silly alone. It was the first to bloom. All others are in small colonies that developed from reliably perennial bulbs, which were originally components of a mixed batch. I would not have expected any to be so reliably perennial.
2. Lavandula angustifolia, English lavender has similarly lasted longer than expected. It was already a few years old several years ago, when I predicted its natural demise within two years. A feral specimen of Spanish lavender coincidentally grew from a seed nearby.
3. Antirrhinum majus, snapdragon is also feral. All within its colony bloom white. Those of another feral colony all bloom yellow. However, the parents of both colonies bloomed with mixed colors of the same variety. I can not complain, but I wonder what happened.
4. Celosia argentea, plumed cockscomb blooms with these red, orange or yellow flames. The chartreuse foliage in the background is coleus. They are a good example of why I do not procure annuals at work. I have difficulty with such striking color, texture and form.
5. Abutilon X hybridum, Chinese lantern is an awkwardly lanky shrub that will not stop blooming. I would like to prune it down to perhaps improve its density, but do not want to interfere with its bloom schedule. It has been here for many years, and might be feral.
6. Canna ‘Cannova Mango’ canna is not my favorite cultivar, but has too many attributes to discredit. It begins blooming before any other canna here. It blooms more abundantly than any other canna here. I know of no one else who dislikes this color as much as I do.
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Tony Tomeo 
A lot of colour for you Tony, but you did get your favourite white snapdragon. Lovely abutilon and canna.
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The white snapdragon just happened to be convenient where I was at the time. I would have needed to walk a significant distance to get a picture of the yellow snapdragons. There are other colors also, but they were planted this year, so are not feral.
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I chuckled at your last comment. I generally don’t enjoy cannas, but I did like the color of this one!
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Everyone does, and it bloom abundantly and very early. Unfortunately, it is a keeper. I just got ‘Alaska’, which blooms creamy white. I am very pleased to have acquired it, but am already dissatisfied with its imperfectly white bloom, even before it has bloomed yet. It is really just a very very pale yellow. Because it is not a bright color, it will not likely be added to any of the landscapes.
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I get your canna color dislike, its sort of bland or something. That Celosia is interesting and the snaps look great. I get snaps like that in winter sometimes, it is kind of annoying because if I tried to grow them they wouldn’t grow!
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Exactly! Snapdragons happen to grow reasonably well here, but would not grow at home. I can not explain why I am not so keen on that Canna. It is sort of an in between color. Canna should be brighter colors.
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What gorgeous feral flowers you have blooming! I still have a few snapdragons blooming here, though all are on plants I purchased two or three years ago. The heat may have killed a few of the snapdragons in a sunnier spot- I’ve cut them back hard and am hoping to eventually see new growth. Such beautiful flowers for so little effort. For the record, I love the color of the Canna. None of mine are blooming, and most aren’t even growing at this point. Fingers crossed… A lovely post last week!
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This Canna, like most of the Canna here, was not planned. If I had known it would perform so well, I might have procured a few other related cultivars with colors that I find to be more appealing for my own collection. (Some of my least favorite colors are the best for situations that they end up in, though. Conversely, the creamy white Canna that I just acquired and am very fond of will likely never graduate to a landscape at work, just because it is not so interesting to anyone else.)
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Creamy white is a lovely Canna- but I’ve never grown one. Someone gave me my red flowering ones. the ones you sent were gorgeous but apparently didn’t survive last winter. They should have and even in the ground, only one has grown this spring and still hasn’t bloomed. The best Canna I ever grew had orange flowers, and though the hummingbirds were ecstatic, I generally avoid growing orange flowers. The photo you published makes that Canna look like a nice, soft melon. Is that color true to life?
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Yes, it is the correct color, ‘Mango’. (Although, I have never seen any part of a mango in that color.) Creamy white Canna are very rare because Canna are popular more for bright color. I wanted it only because it is white, although it is not actually pure white. It is really very pale yellow, or creamy white. It retains its deteriorating old flowers more than other Canna do, so needs frequent grooming.
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