LOve all your pictures. Love them Tulips.Have never heard of that kind before, but they are very pretty.ANd the lolipop lilies are very pretty,and I just love thatROSE MASTERPIECE. gorgeous.

Jean

Great post! I'll have to look into those Siam tulips.

We don't have much exotic stuff next to the daylilies, mostly things like dianthus, mums, cannas, and iris.

Nate

Those Siam tulips are beauties, I've never heard of them before. I love foliage plants and the Duranta is gorgeous! Is it a shrub or a flower? I'll have to look for it too. I used to have the Lollipop lilies but the voles found them. Marg

Lovely companions. I don't think I've ever heard of Black Pearl Pepper. I'll have to go look that up. Your Lollipop lilies are so pretty and the tulips.
But, I always enjoy seeing a pic of ROSE MASTERPIECE. Looks like it does well in your garden too.

Julia

Jean, Glad you enjoyed the pics. I had never seen Siam Tulips either, until last year. I wasn't sure they'd survive the winter. But they came back and quadrupled in number. And I agree, ROSE MASTERPIECE is a beauty.

Nate, The Siam Tulips should do well in your zone. They are suppose to be borderline here. But I have them planted in a protected area, under some pine trees. I found them in Home Depot. This year they had them in a solid rose color. I bought two small pots. I divided them all and spread them out. We'll see how they do next year.

Marg, The Duranta is new to me, but it's suppose to be a shrub. This variety does not flower. Mine were only about 6 inches when I planted them and they grew at least a foot this year.

Julia, The Black Pearl Pepper plants are easy to grow from seed. They love hot weather. I save a few peppers every year so that I can replant them.

Kathy

Lovely, Kathy. I have a couple of the the duranta erecta with the tiny lavender flowers, and love it. Here in zone 8 it dies to the ground in winter, but come back every year.

The paprika yarrow bloomed all summer, a reliable plant here.

The only "new" companion plant is the volunteer purple butterfly bush that decided to sprout and will not be permanent, since it is in a place that crowds some of my babies.

I have never heard of Siam tulips, but really like them.

Thanks for posting your plants, they really look good.
kay

Kay, I love your duranta. I've looked at that type, but haven't figured out where to plant one. I'm hoping the variety I bought will not get as big. If it does, I'll have to move it. I've never grown paprika yarrow, but I love the ferny folaige. I will keep an eye out for it next year.
Kathy

The Siam tulips are really pretty. I've never heard of them, or any reblooming tulip before. I grew Celosia Mahogany Red from seed for a couple of years. I did like the foliage, but the plants never seemed to make it all the way through summer for me. I like how it looks with your Ruby Lipstick.

I've pretty much been growing the same companion plants - both perennials and annuals - because they work well in the climate: Becky daisies, tall phlox Bright Eyes and David, several types of balloon flowers, lantana and pentas. I didn't grow as many annuals as in the past because of the crazy weather this past spring and summer.

Debra

Debra, The Siam tulips only bloomed in late summer. They do not bloom in the Spring, like regular tulips (not for me anyway). The true tulips bloom great here for one Spring...and then they die. These Siam tulips came back from last summer...so I was pleased.
I wish I could grow phlox. I've tried several varieties, but no luck. I really missed my Profusion Zinnias this year. But after growing them repeatedly, I thought the soil might need a change. Next year, I plan to bring them back. They are one of the few flowering annuals that can take our heat and humidity all summer.
Kathy

I looked up Siam Lily, and we actually have some of those, of the same genus at least. They're from the ginger family, and I was calling it "hidden lily" or "hidden ginger," which are also common names. It does fine and comes back every year. They were planted here when we bought the house.

You're right, they do bloom later into the summer.

Nate

Nate, I looked up Hidden Lily and you're right - they do look very similar. I had forgotten they were gingers. I like the time of year that these Siam tulips bloom...they are very showy when most plants are struggling with the heat.
Kathy