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

[edit] Recent Logs

HortMan 21:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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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

[edit] Recent Logs

--Jomegat 22:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:56, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Salvia splendens

Flowering plants

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Profile for Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)

Identifying Characteristics

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--SB_Johnny | ^talk 07:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:28, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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Petunia x hybrida

Flowers

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Profile for Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)

Identifying Characteristics

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--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 13:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 18:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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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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--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:15, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 16:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 01:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
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Lobelia cardinalis

Flowers

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Profile for Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)

Identifying Characteristics

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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)

Identifying Characteristics

[edit] Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:41, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:18, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM --SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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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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SB Johnny-LM 29 April 2008 (from written logs)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Lonicera x heckrottii

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

[edit] Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 12:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 13:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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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)