Monday, May 23, 2016

May Progress

Little Rainbow knock out rose I propagated.



The mother plant



Pomegranates growing larger



Bells of Ireland look great.



Big box store lily


Lemons growing very well.


More big box lilies


I love the look of the side yard with horse herb and Virginia Creeper ground covers.



A clean pathway - such a pleasure


Another cleaned pathway.


One of many weed piles!

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

May In The Garden

Hesperloe all in a row.


Lily buds soon to come.


Amaryllis buds


There is a 300 gallon water tank under the jasmine.


Jasmine climbing a tree.  Lovely smell.


Field of blanket flower.s




YUUGE iris seed head.  First one I've ever seen.


Little Celeste figs.


Pomegranate 'Wonderful' blooms.


Little apple on my espalliared apple tree.


Asian pears, very tasty and crisp.  These are just babies now.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

April 2016

Peony in full bloom


Closed bloom


Blooms all gone.


Corpuscle with poppies by the garden shed


Crepuscle in close-up




Julia Child rose


Belinda's Dream rose


Unknown red rose on kitchen garden fence.


Pond iris




Pond with the two kinds of iris


One of my resting places


Indian Paintbrush still going strong.


These are copper colored rain lilies I started from seed.  Need to find a good place to plant them.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Happy Easter

Crepuscle rose buds

Julia Child rose



Peony buds still growing.

Loads of lemon tree blossoms!



This long path has been weeded.  Only bluebonnets are left.  

Hesperloe bloom stalks





Gala apples

Poppies





View from my kitchen window.  Love it.