Late blooming Moon Flower

[jezz]

Finally, after getting a late start this year, my moonflowers are beginning to bloom. So pretty, but I forget they bloom in the evening and forget to look.

[jezz]

The moonflower is fully open. The bee loves it.



Zinnia and Dahlia are still doing great.

[islandgrl]

Never had a moonflower.  I was under the impression they were vines.

my zinnias and dahlias are also doing great.  I am not going to save the dahlia tubers this year.

zinnias

    

[islandgrl]

This petunia is a grow back from last year:

[jezz]

Moon flower vine is different than this moonflower which is Datura plant.

Datura is a type of plant that belongs to the Solanaceae family. There are several species of datura with many common names including moonflower, devil’s trumpet, devil’s weed, loco weed, and jimsonweed. The common name moonflower is also used for another plant. This one is also known as moonflower vine, helping to distinguish it from datura. Moonflower vine (Ipomoea alba) is related to morning glory. Ipomoea is toxic and has some hallucinogenic properties, but datura is much more toxic and can even be deadly.

How to Tell Ipomoea from Datura
Datura and moonflower vine get confused very often because of the common name and they look very similar to one another.
Both produce flowers that are trumpet shaped, but datura grows lower to the ground while moonflower grows as a climbing vine. Here are some other differences: Flowers on either plant can be white to lavender. Datura flowers can bloom any time of day, while ipomoea flowers open up at dusk and bloom during the night, one reason they are called moonflowers. Datura has an unpleasant smell, while moonflower vine has sweet scented blooms. Datura leaves are arrow-shaped; moonflower leaves are heart-shaped. Datura flowers are deeper trumpets than moonflower blooms. The seeds of datura are covered in spiky burrs.



Read more at Gardening Know How: Moonflower Vs. Datura: Two Different Plants With Common Name Moonflower www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/datura/moonflower-vs-datura.htm

Your Dahlia is lovely.
I like zinnias as well, this time of year they are very pretty and last into the fall season.
Your weather is a lot warmer than mine. I'm sure I could not get Petunia to come back a second season. That's a very pretty one you have.
I keep thinking of giving up those dahlia tubers, then I think I've had such beautiful flowers with them all. Couple of my tubers did not produce flowers this year. Not sure why, it's happened before though. Think I'll replace those with new ones. I want the big dinner plate ones. I get a dahlia catalog I've ordered some nice ones from.

[redrobyn49]

The flowers are lovely.