Still hanging on in the dog days of summer. This orange crossandra seems to just love the heat, along with the vinca. Surprising though is the margarita sweet potato vine. You just can't beat it's color. Today we had one of those late after noon thunder showers. A whole lot of thunder and dark clouds but very little rain. Starting to day dream about the fall planting season. I have a few raised beds in the back yard that I am solarizing to get ready for the fall.

Looks like the crape myrtle is really loving the heat this year. It is covered with these pretty pink blooms. I have a lavender one in the back yard, but it doesn't seem to do as well as this one. I enjoy looking at this plant every year. It never disappoints.

Lavender angelonia, never disappoints. It is one of those plants that can take the heat without giving up. The two plants are crowding out their fellow bed fellows. They will be here next year to keep the blooming show going. I hope ya'lls summer is as beautifle as mine. Happy gardening!!!!!!

Still Here

Havin trouble in the gardens with all the rain. It keeps knocking things over, then it gets too hot to do anything, and then the rains start again. Right know everything is a mess.  A few bright spots are still here. I bought a new yellow rose and am excited about gettin it established. Still rearranging the beds. Have to pull out alot of spent zinnia's, blackeyed susan's and of coarse weeds. This bed does not look like this any more. It is so over grown, I am too embarrassed to share. Also i'm on mu new computer and haven't quite figured out how to pull the photo's from my SD card yet. Anyway, promise to be more vigilant at blogging again, once i get this new thing all figured out. Well happy gardening.

Happy weekend all. What an awesome week of rainy days. You just can't beat God's water. There has been lots of growth. So busy just looking at the plants,haven't had time to do much else.

which is taller the kid or the sunflower? Got this in a mixed bag of seeds. My daughter is 53inches tall. I think this has her beat.

This rose is awesome! Constant blooms since winter,just loving this plant. Back to the garden, see you later. Happy gardening

Getting better all the time

Here we are almost halfway through spring and everything is filling in nicely. Color is popping all over the yard. Each day something new is in bloom. I find myself up early and looking around to make sure everything is doing ok. Daylilies are blooming all over the yard.

The colors are absolutely beautiful, the yellow ones are transplants from my mother's home. Daylilies are tough plants. Back to daydreaming, happy gardening.

Orange is the bomb!!!!

Look what's blooming today. This lion's mane is so reliable. Every spring it is covered with these lovely blossoms. It is a favorite of our neighborhood hummingbirds. Early mornings you will find them visiting, they move much to fast for my camera to catch. The new bed is coming along nicely in the front yard. I have had to relocate a couple of coreopsis to the backyard. Enjoy.

whats going on?

Hello all, here it is the week of Easter and it is already hot. The last few days here has managed to kill most of my seedlings. It has been in the upper 80's this week, but it has felt much hotter than normal. I am still working on my garden bed's. Things that I thought dead at the end of last year are making a gradual return. Zinnia's and periwinkle's have reseeded without problem. I have relocated my large lantana from by the mailbox. I guess it's Will be a lot safer for the mail delivery. It's so nice also to see other neighbors out planting also. Well have a good one. Happy gardening.

look at my onions and aloe growing amongst the mums and angelonia. They're leftover from Christmas vacation. I planted them in the ground and they are doing great. Haha

Here it is the first full week of spring. I have started reworking one of the front beds. I brought several plants home with me from my mom's house in Louisiana. I had to get most of the plants into the ground. In this bed I have yellow daylilies, lemon miniature zinnia's, dianthes and a large mullin. I also planted purple iris by the arbor. Still have more plants to put in the ground over the next few days. This is always so exciting. Happy gardening.