April 2012 blooms

what is your climber in the arbor?
bellissima!

I can only load 3 at a time as well.

What a pain, I can't get pics to load. You'll have to trust me when I say somethings blooming.
Going back to veggies threads, they don't require pics.lol

I reported it in the DG forum, but got no response other than, "Oh maybe your pics are too big."

Stephanie, I can only get one load, even when try to load two. It's driving me crazy.

Drthor, that is Bantry Bay, an own root climbing floribunda from Vintage Gardens. When I put them in I could only find poor reviews of it from growers up north. I took a chance anyway and its done very well here in the south.

Once last pic, of an unknown rose.

I check with the hubby (since I'm computer illiterate) he said mine sized correctly. They always look fuzzy to me as well???

Julia Childs, salvia and noid HP rose.

I love purple and white together! The Clematis Florida Sieboldii is beautiful, does it handle the heat well?

Escobaria vivipara blooming. Its a really small plant but so cute.

C

Yes! F.S. is great in our zone.
Lynea, your garden looks great. The pics are fine when enlarged.
Cheryl, that is cute! I bet you never walk barefoot!

They are all in raised beds so there is no real problem with them.

lulu - your flowers are beautiful. And I know what you mean about loading pics. It won't even take 2 for me. I am using Firefox as a browser instead of Explorer so maybe that is it. I contacted them too.....they said maybe the file was too big. And your arbor is awesome!!

drthor - that wood on your clematis looks very hefty.......must take something strong to hold them.

drthor,
The gloriosa lily does get 'slightly' invasive but I don't mind; I've found babies a few feet from mom. The blooms are so lovely and they last quite a long time.

I had problems with loading multiples at first but it works now.....I didn't change the size either.

Morgan, I have the Confederate Jasmine on an arbor in full bloom now, is that the one you have? It's smell is delish!

This year I have so many of these guys in my garden ... of all possible colors

Four O'Clock and Columbine

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Sheila - YES.......I do believe the Jasmine is that type......We also have one called Lakeside Jasmine which is more bush like.

I know you are usually showing us your beautiful clematis' drthor, but that is a columbine...LOL! Pretty one too!

Ooh you are right ... I'm fixing it !

I love everyone's beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing!

Ranunculus

My first DATURA flower.
I don't know if it is the same plant of last year or it came up from the self-seeds.
Still so pretty and very fragrant

Striking Blue sage

Confederate Rose, Peony, Clematis

drthor - what are you feeding your garden?? It's just stunning!

Thanks
The back yard ... I don't do anything ... Apart from the water full of tortoises poop that my husband makes while soaking his pets ... Seriously !
... I do throw my coffee grounds in the garden ...

I think I have so many plants that there is always something in bloom.
My garden has been certified for "natural wildlife habitat" and I am sure that all of those insects do their business on my soil ... since i don't use ANYTHING to kill them (apart for rat bate boxes ... yuk)
I don't believe in using store bought "mulch"... because there is a all industry that is based on cutting down trees to make wood chips !!
I leave the leaves in the ground in the fall, instead to bag them up and I use a "living mulch" = all of those flowers will shade the soil, keep it cool and no sunlight for the weeds.

I am no expert ... but you can see that this is working for me ... even now that we are in water restrictions ... we can water only once a week.

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Good job!
Didn't you just get a bunch of rain?

yes ... rain barrels are full !
Still surprising we are in water restriction stage 3!

The water restrictions are due to the mussels in Lake Texoma (or wherever the DFW area gets its water).

Mussels?
What do you mean?

zebra mussels, an invasive species that is causing problems with clogged pipes etc in the artificial water sources we use for drinking.

Rudbeckia (blanket flower)

Phlox Pilosa (smells heavenly!)

'Moonshine' Yarrow

stephanie - your Yarrow is blooming? Wow.....ours don't have any buds yet. I'm envious! Love the Phlox.....It's on my list of things to plant....it's perennial right?

It spreads a lot. I pull it out by the bag full.
C

Stephanie, your flowers are lovely. I'm impressed that they're all up and blooming already. My coneflowers are just starting to put on heavy growth, but no stems as yet.

Carla

Yes, the yarrow is blooming. My white yarrow isn't blooming yet, but it is putting out buds. I moved it and thinned it out a few weeks ago, so I'm very happy the buds are setting.

I really love the phlox pilosa. The more you have, the more fragrant it is, but it is quite invasive. It pulls out very easily though, so I don't mind it. The phlox is a perennial. If you get some very cold weather, it gets pretty ugly looking, but it comes back nice and green.

My peas are blooming! I should have pods soon!

Some of the mealy blue sage plants I'm taking to the RU next weekend have started blooming.

Steph - did you plant the phlox from seed? I LOVE it....and it's the perfect color as well.

Amaryllis

My Coneflowers this year are so tall ...

Bearded Iris and Daylily

Morgan, the phlox I got as a start from someone at a RU. Are you coming to the RU in Burleson? If so, I can bring you some.