Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/August/Red Flowers

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The plants pictured below have been recorded as blooming during the month of August in Southeastern Pennsylvania.


Lagerstroemia indica

Inflorescences and foliage

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Profile for Lagerstroemia indica (Crape Myrtle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree
Foliage:simple
Fruit:Dry, persistent capsule
Life Cycle: perennial shrub or tree
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall


Hemerocallis

Flower of H. fulva, one of the most commonly encountered daylilies

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Profile for Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:clumping herbaceous plant
Flowers:3 petals and 3 sepals nearly equal. Each flower lasts only one day.
Foliage:Basal, straplike
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Salvia splendens

Flowering plants

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Profile for Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)
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Petunia x hybrida

Flowers

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Monarda didyma

Head of a pink-flowered variety

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Profile for Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:erect, spreading herb
Flowers:Heads of tubular flowers
Life Cycle: perennial
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Lobelia cardinalis

Flowers

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Profile for Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
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  • SBJ 17:20, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 13:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --Jomegat 00:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 08:31, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


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Asclepias curassavica

Inflorescence

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Profile for Asclepias curassavica (Milkweed)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Lonicera x heckrottii

Flower cluster and foliage

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Profile for Lonicera x heckrottii (Flame Honeysuckle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining vine
Flowers:in terminal clusters, tubular, red to pink, with orange to yellow throats
Foliage:opposite, sessile, upper leaves clasping the stems
Fruit:bright red drupes
Life Cycle: perennial woody vine
Similar Plants:sometimes confused with L. sempervirens
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Lonicera sempervirens

Inflorescence and foliage

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Profile for Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining woody vine
Flowers:Tubular, red to pink
Foliage:Opposite, clasping the stem near the tips of the branches
Stem:Twining, with exfoliating bark on older stems
Scent:Faint
Fruit:Black drupes
Life Cycle: Woody perennial
Similar Plants:Often confused with Lonicera x heckrottii
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Salvia vanhouttei

Form and inflorescences of a red-flowered variety

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Profile for Salvia vanhouttei (Salvia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Tubular, 2-lipped, red through pink and purple
Foliage:Simple, opposite
Stem:Square in cross section
Life Cycle: Perennial
Similar Plants:Similar to Salvia splendens, but the spikes are larger and looser (sometimes considered a subspecies)


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Phlox paniculata

Inflorescence of a pink variety

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Profile for Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Corolla tubular with 5 showy lobes
Foliage:Simple
Stem:green, stiff
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Dahlia

Flower of cv. 'Autumn Fairy'

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last updated 09:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 12 plants