August Blooming Plants (Theoretically)

August was such a dismal month plantwise, except in the corn, beans, squash garden. I'm making a list of plants that bloom and thrive through the summer here. I'm going off a list from the Phoenix Botanical Garden. If you have any strong feelings one way or another, please comment. Unfortunately for this post, these pictures are all borrowed and links are to the best description I could find. This page will be updated continuously as well.


Flowery Bush (Herbaceous)
Ageratum corymbosum  -     Butterfly Mist 3x3 bush

Callirhoe involucrata  -   Wine Cups

Caryopteis x clandonensis  Blue Mist 'Dark Knight' 4x4

(I purchased an abused and neglected bush from Lowe's 9/6/15, planted back west by milkweed)

Conoclinium dissectum  -   Mist Flower

Dicliptera resupinata  -   Desert Foldwing

Galvezia juncea  -         Baja Bush Snapdragon

Hibiscus biseptus  -       Arizona Rosemallow

Hibiscus coulteri  -       Desert Rosemallow

Mirabilis jalapa  -        Marvel of Peru
(Sowed seeds from Summerwinds 9/8/15)
Mirabilis multiflora  -    Desert Four O'Clock
Plumbago scandens  -       Desert Plumbago
Senna covesii  -           Desert Senna
(Grew from seeds taken at Apache Wash)
Stemodia durantifolia  -   White Woolly Twintip

Flower topped spikes
Ascelpias curassavica  -   Bloodflower
(Planted 2 summer of '15)
Gaillardia pulchella  -    Texas Indian Blanket
Gaura lindheimeri  -       Gaura
(Planted 9/7/15 from Summerwinds)
Glandularia pulchella  -   Rock Verbena
Menodora longiflora  -     Showy Menodora
Menodora scabra  -         Rough Menodora
Penstemon baccharifolius - Rock Penstemon
Ratibida columnifera  -    Mexican Hat
Salvia coccinea  -         Red Sage
S. coccinea 'Brenthurst'-  Pink Sage
Stachys coccinea  -        Texas Betony
Zephyranthes  -            Rain Lilies
(Planted 9/7/15 from Summerwinds)
Zinnia acerosa  -          Desert Zinnia

Dome-Shaped with flowers
Baileya multiradiata -     Desert Marigold
(Planted 9/7/15 front cable box, Summerwinds)
Berlandiera lyrata -       Chocolate Flower
(Seeds sown in July, no growth yet)
Chrysactinia mexicana  -   Damianita
Melampodium leucanthum  -  Blackfoot Daisy
(Planted 9/7/15 front from Summerwinds)
Thymophylla pentachaeta -  Dyssodia


Sprawling low
Datura wrightii  -         Sacred Datura
Epilobium canum            Hummingbird Trumpet ssp. latifolium
Evolvulus arizonicus  -    Arizona Blue-eyes
Lantana montevidensis  -   Trailing Lantana
Oenothera speciosa  -      Mexican Evening Primrose (invasive potted)
Ruellia brittoniana  -     Katie Ruellia (invasive, potted)
Sphagneticola trilobata -  Yellow Dots / Wedelia (invasive, potted)

Vines
Antigonon leptopus         Queen's Wreath
Bignonia capreolata        Crossvine Tangerine Beauty
Callaeum macropterum       Yellow Orchid-vine
Cissus trifoliata          Arizona Grape Ivy
Clytostoma callistegioides Lavender Trumpet Vine
Jacquemontia pringlei      Pringle's Clustervine
Janusia gracilis           Slender Janusia
Macroptilium atropurpureum Purple Bushbean
Merremia aurea             Yellow Morning Glory vine, yuca
Merremia dissecta          Wait a Minute Vine
Passiflora spp.            Passionflowers

Blooming Shrubs
Acaciella angustissima     Prairie Acacia (don't like this idea)
Aloysia gratissima         Bee Brush
Anisacanthus puberulus     Chihuahuan Honeysuckle
Anisacanthus quadrifidus   Flame Anisacanthus var wrightii
Bougainvillea sp.          Bougainvillea varieties
Buddleja marrubiifolia     Woolly Butterfly Bush
Caesalpinia pulcherrima    Red Bird of Paradise
(Planted 9/7/15 hibiscus spot, Summerwinds)
Calliandra californica     Baja Fairy Duster
(Planted 9/7/15 back Summerwinds)
Calliandra eriophylla     Pink Fairy Duster
(Planted 9/7/15 back Summerwinds)
Cordia parvifolia          Little-leaf Cordia
Dalea bicolor var argyrea  Indigo Bush
Duranta erecta             Sky Flower
(Planted 2 from Lindon 5/'15, back corners)
Eremophila hygrophana      Blue Emu Bush
Eremophila laanii          Emu Bush 'Pink Beauty'
Fouquieria macdougalii     Tree Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens       Ocotillo
Gossypium harknessii       San Marcos Hibiscus
Gossypium thurberi         Desert Cotton
Guaiacum coulteri          Guayacan
Justicia spicigera         Mexican Honeysuckle
Lantana camara             Lantana
Leucophyllum frutescens    Texas Sage
Leucophyllum x             Heavenly Cloud Texas Ranger
Leucophyllum langmaniae    Rio Bravo Texas Ranger
Leucophyllum zygophyllum   Cimarron Texas Ranger
Lippia graveolens          Mexican Oregano
Malvaviscus arboreus       Turk's Cap drummondii
Mimosa dysocarpa           Velvet Pod Mimosa
Ruellia peninsularis       Desert Ruellia
Russelia equisetiformis    Coral Fountain
(Planted 08/'15 front from Lowe's)
Salvia leucantha           Mexican Bush Sage
Senna lindheimeriana       Velvet-leaf Senna
Solanum hinsianum          Silver Nightshade
Tecoma                     Yellow Bells
Viguiera stenoloba         Skeletonleaf Goldeneye

Cactus and Succulents
Coryphantha macromeris     Big Needle Cactus
Coryphantha recurvata      Golden Chested Beehive Cactus
Cylindropuntia fulgida     Chain Fruit Cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima Diamond Cholla
Echinopsis spp.            Easter Lilies
Echinopsis huascha         Red Torch
Ferocactus emoryi          Coville's Barrel
Ferocactus cylindraceus    Compass Barrel
Ferocactus wislizeni       Fishhook Barrel
Ferocactus hamatacanthus   Turk's Head
Harrisia pomanensis        Midnight Lady
Hesperaloe funifera        Giant Hesperaloe
Hesperaloe parviflora      Red Yucca
(Relocated to size driveway 08/'15)
Hesperaloe parviflora      Yellow Yucca
Mammillaria grahamii       Graham's Pincushion
Obregonia denegrii         Artichoke Cactus
Pachypodium lamerei        Madagascar Palm
Pedilanthus macrocarpus    Slipper Plant
(Planted from cactus ranch 7/'15)
Peniocereus greggii        Queen of the Night
Pereskia aculeata          Rose Cactus
Pereskia sacharosa         Guyapa
Stenocereus alamosensis    Octopus Cactus
Thelocactus rinconensis    Bird's Nest Cactus
Turbinicarpus viereckii    neglectus