Garden Bloggers Bloom Day April 2015

Amaryllis

Mock Orange

Crepuscle rose.  One of my favorites

Blurry closeup of Crepuscle

Iris with pink knockout rose

Bachelor Buttons

Red double knockout

Orange Blossoms with Bluebonnets and Fouro-Nerve Daisy

Julia Child rose

Belinda's Dream

Yellow knockout

Rainbow knockout

Crepuscle overtaking the garden shed.

Poppies in the kitchen garden.

The Hesperloe spikes

My patch of Indian Paintbrush in the orchard

Two tall spikes of Louisiana Iris in the small pond.

Closeup of the iris

Poppies and cactus

Pyracantha is spectacular this year.

Zoey in the orchard Bluebonnets.

Four Nerve Daisy with  Spiderwort and Irish Bells in the background.

Back view of the mock orange.

Crepuscle on the wall and Blackfoot daisy and Zoey at its foot.

Pink snapdragons

The Blue Season

It's that time again.  Bluebonnet season in Texas.  They pop up everywhere they were NOT planted.  They seem to love my granite pathways the best which makes walking around a bit of a problem.  Don't want to step on any snakes!

Anyway...... I love them.  Enjoy the pics.

No way to get to the back gate without stomping on the bluebonnets.

The Iris do no show up much as they are the same color as the bluebonnets.  

One tiny patch of California poppies.

Virginia Creeper makes a great shade ground cover.

Zoey the climbing wonder dog.

Ain't she cute?

I haven't the heart to pull up the flowers.  so how can I have a veggie garden!

Budding Out

A foggy and wet day today.  Took some pics of plants ready to bloom but they need a few sunny days.

Bluebonnets and weedy clover.

Mountain Laurel

Plum

Apple tree, not yet planted

Redbud

Ornamental pear

Almond

Rose

Hyacinthoides

More Mountain Laurel

Sweet Autumn Clematis

Pomegranate

Banana

On the verge of Spring

The trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials are just on the verge of blooming.  If we had a few warm sunny days I'm sure I'd have a riot of color.  But I'm not in a hurry for hot weather.  it has been so overcast and drizzly for days on end that I've spent most of my time indoors.

I took a few pics of some bloomers to show you.

The Quince has outdone itself this year.  It has bloomed heavily for weeks now.

Quince blooms.

Primrose Jasmine is blooming heavier since I took this photo.

The Bells of Ireland are over a foot tall already.

The Sandankwa Viburnum is covered in blooms.

These are little hyacinthoides.  Couldn't resist picking a bouquet for my bedroom.  In the garden they are in a fairly shady area and the leaves are lying on the ground with the little blooms upright.  I should have taken a pic of them in the garden. They are really tiny.

A variegated lemon blossom.  I brought 2 citrus inside the house.  This one and a kumquat get some light from the south facing large window in the kitchen.  Outside tucked away in a corner of the house by the utility room door I have 2 more lemons, a satsuma, and a lime tree.  They seem to be doing well outside and the 2 lemons have many flower buds.

The lemon and the kumquat are cozy in the kitchen corner.  The Window behind them is on the east side and the south window is on the right.