My Morning Glory Adventures April 2010

this was on the 18th of April, i. orchea now has two sets of true leaves, this one is in the corner barrell on the southwest corner of the patio

the tag says it all

some seeds from becky, corner barrell west side of it, south end of patio

strange little cot from josephs pure white with coloured tube

still in April around the 18th thru the 20th now red yarrow is up

Southwest corner flower bed..roses are budded..

Baptisma blue indigo is up

songbird cardinal columbine

sweet peas , phlox, dianthus and others in this corner

white yarrow, butterfly favorite

spider hole where we litter detailed and planted wild flowers in another countys' natural area

hello mr spider.. eat those bugs will ya!!??

new little sedum pot planter

northwest corner barrell.. this is now April 22nd thru 24th

purse planter... the geranium is light pink and smells good.

I can' remember its name but I fill this little pot with something different every year

Blackie I. batata is waking up from his winter time in the basement.

I. Indica this am, it is looking happy since we moved it outside.. it is going to get the afternoon direct sun.. it faces west.

John Clayton Lonicera

Black and Blue salvia gaurantica lived thru winter here and it is coming back all over the place

I. Batata Ace Of Spades made it thru the winter inside and now it is waking up

Bears Breeches, a Native plant, is up and I hope it blooms

Crane is standing guard over the Dola brug

poles and canes, branches and bamboo cords, fence and trelliss all ready to hold the wonderful morning glorys I have growing so far.

One of my daughters got me this cute little "bloom Pillow" it is a flower frog if you know what that is .. I collect them, she knows me so well, this is a lilac bloom I had unassembled to make it all fit, it smelled so good, found the bloom knocked off by a squirrell no doubt.

Rivera corymbosa doing well here.. ( baby wood rose?)

I. Lindheimer and merremia tuberosa patiently waiting their transplant tommorrow, passion vines, chaice vine and thumbergia already out in new pots.. These are getting in the way of the old fashion honey suckle and the trellis roses.

closeup of them

I started these begonias the same time I started this pink moonvine caudex, it is waking up

little merrimia siberica so small and dainty

here is stictocardia brevenis now trimmed up and outside facing east

here is first bloom of songbird robin columbine this year

Debra - WOW! I love all the different plants you are growing and the blooms are outstanding! WOWEE! I love the white yarrow too, does it also go by the name Queen Anne's Lace? Or some name like that ...? If so, it may be a host plant for black swallowtail butterflies. :-)

I wished the temps were cooler here to grow columbine. I always drool when I see photos of the blooms! So pretty! And your native ginger is really cool looking! You've got so many neat and unusual plants growing! Your yard is so green, too! Looks like mother nature is very happy in your yard!

Are your garden creatures out and about, too? Squirrel family and birds?

Debra you sure have a great collection of plants, wow I agree with Becky!!

We enjoy the tour of your yard every yr Debra. Don't know how
you plant and care for so many It's all I can do to grow
a few Morning Glories.lol

I can't remember the NAMES of my plants, like Debra can!

I walk around saying, here's the columbine from Aunt Gertrude...Mary gave me these black eyed susans, this lil vine is from Dad.....it has pink blooms, etc., etc.,

I can't wait till everything is settled in and blooming.

it's cold here again. expected to be 33 tomorrow night....just as my green beans were peeking thru the garden.

Your green beans will be okay they can handle one night of chill in fact, it will make them grow harder..we have a low forecast of 37 and all my tropicals are out, but I figure they need a "wake up" call anyway. Just throw an old sheet over the bean patch if you are reall y worried. that is what I did to all my tropicals and seedlings a few weeks ago, but nothing was hurt anyway.. went to my sons place yester day and planted obedient plants, hooney suckles, monardas and spread a few hundred seeds around, planted some i. nnils and some rebeccas this year over there, and also a rose of sharon purple double ruffle I grew from his aunt and uncles old house where I kiped some of the seed pods before they moved. Mine on the south east garden i started from seed last year is already two feet tall.. the little clumps of bamboo i got from my daughters grandma ( ex) really moved some runners and they are now almost 4x6 each from two small clumps last spring of about 8 inches round.

Phicks would be really proud of me, I grew this little brug cross of cherubxberkonigan and it is really growing, coming from a seed last fall.

Debra you have such a green thumb, just amazing!

Send us a pic when the Brug cross blooms Debra. I seldom get
over to the Brug forum.