Morning Glories: Spring 2011 - What's blooming in your garden? Part 2, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Wow! Y'all are blowing me away with all the gorgeous blooms in your gardens! I love all the different kinds of plants! Many I have not seen or grown myself! I am partial to clematis! Jackie - Yours is beautiful! And your iris is lovely. I am growing 3 Japanese Irises this year as an experiment for Polly! I am hoping mine bloom!

Debra - What are those yellow blooming plants? Very pretty!!!!

gardenpom - Your photos are outstanding! I always enjoy your close-ups and perspective! :-) Water lilies grow like weeds for me. I have two small pre-formed ponds and some small water containers. Very shallow all of them. I grow mainly hardy water lilies and have not had any problems with most of them. The tropicals are more sensitive to cold temps. The easiest plants to grow, IMHO! I don't have to worry about watering them because they live in water. I just have to add water to the containers when it evaporates. :-)

Helena - You know I am a sucker for Hummingbirds! I LOVE that photo of your handsome visitor!!!! So cool!!! :-) ♥

I have to tell y'all how tickled I am to be growing edible plants this year. I grew a few last year, too. But I've expanded to some new plants and I got to use one of the bell peppers off my plant yesterday when cooking dinner. I got the biggest kick out of going out into my backyard and removing a pepper, bringing it inside to cut up (I saved the seeds of course!), and used it to make Fajitas! My dh even got a kick out that fact! And let me tell ya ... it was the best tasting bell pepper! It had great flavor, not bland like the store peppers! I can't wait to eat melons, eggplant, tomatoes, and other veggies this year! :-)