April 12, 2008

  • I L-O-V-E LOVE SPRING

    FrontYardPot55

    Like a lot of people, I really like spring. I love it that winter is finally coming to an end, but even more, I love all the new growth and color that spring brings. The picture above is of one of the two pots I have out front of my house. It may get down to freezing tonight, so I may have to replace the sweet potato plants. They do NOT like really cold weather.

    Below are other other pictures from around my yard. First row: Daffodils I added to the back yard this year, potted flowers, and miniture yellow rose bushes surrounded by purple homestead verbena  Second row: Grape Hyacinth and those pinkish little clumps of flowers are called Thrift. The second picture on that row is of more Grape Hyacints (I added a bunch of those this year) and string sedum. I'm trying to get all my flower beds started with this "green mulch" rather than regular mulch, because it keeps "moving" every time we have a big rain . . . and that's happened often enough that it's a big hassle to have to keep redistributing after each rain. Then that last little pink flwer on the second row is one of only three pink tulips that came back this year. I planted 24 of them . . . before I realized that they would probably not come back.

    DaffodilBackYardNo67  BackYardPot63  BackYardNo70

    BackYardNo66  BackYardNo64  ATulipCameBack

    FirstRoseof2008  FrontYardNo54  GrapeHyacinth69

     Third row: My very first rose for 2008. I like roses a lot . . . I have 7 rose bushes. . . 4 red and 3 yellow ones. The next picture is of the daffodils that are out front of my house, and finally more grape hyacinths. And that's not even counting any of the lilies, peonies, gallardias, coreopsis or cosmos that haven't started blooming yet.

    You can see a larger version of any of these thumbnails by clicking on them.

     

Comments (4)

  • I'm looking forward to seeing how your garden grows Chris!  Great start.  :bow:

  • Your flower beds look really great, Chris.

  • I don't think that you have to worry about the sweet potato vine. I have a 'black' one which returns every year and is pretty hearty. I like the chartruese color of yours.

  • :sunny::good-job:lOVE YOUR FLOWERS AND  YOUR PICS THIS MACHINE SEEMS TO LIKE CAPS TONITE  AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE FOOLING WITH IT. :applause:FOR YOUR GARDEN :love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love::good-job::good-job:MOM

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