MY BRUG BEDS AND MORE

Here's a picture of my new bed of plants with lots of brugs. In the farthest bed I have a rose bed with 7 roses in it. Then in the next bed, and this has been here a few years, is a wild flower assortment. Mostly blanket flower, coreoposit, mexican hats, bachelor buttons and a few others. I then connected that bed to a new bed with a row of rocks. In this bed I planted 5 day lilies that Poppysue sent me last year. In the bed that it connects to, also surrounded by rocks I have yellow million bells, poppys, petunias some regular all colors and pink wave that I grew from seeds, zinnias, tall snap dragons and a lot of spring bulbs. I have started another round bed with rocks and I plan on a bed of daturas there with a brug in the middle. I have a brug there already that Cala sent me a Jutner orange. In back of these beds I have two different lantanas located to line up with eack other with two on one end and two on the other end. In the middle I have a row of different brugs. They are white, pink, yellow and some more of the jutner orange also. Some of these are also from Cala and some from tiG. In the middle of these toward the front I have two hibiscus that Jody sent me. Bullseye I call them they are white with red middle eyes. I have the Zabrina hollyhock at the far end of the block bed and another hollyhock at the near end both of these are in pots. In the block bed I have pink and blue columbine, love in a mist, grey head cone flower, zinnias, batchelor buttons, sea holly and lilies in the back of these. Probable more in that bed than I listed. All of these were raised from seeds most of he seeds from Poppysue. I haven't finished the bed as yet but I have the brugs sitting in the pots where they will go in the ground. I also plan on putting in beds on the near side to match the far side with another bed of wildflowers and another row of day lillies. In the very front of the bed I intend to put a row of stella dior lilies.
Now it is impossible for me to go in my yard and not think about these wonderful people that has added so much to my everyday enjoyment.
Also plants on the other side of the house from Iris, Connie(WEEDS), Tim, Pebble, Poppysue, Aptiger, Windsurfer, TraciS, Farmgirl, Zany and tiG . I think of each of you every day. I hope I haven't left any one out.


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Jim, I just want you to know I am green with envy when I read a post such as yours. I know the energy it takes to develop such a garden, and I no longer have it. Maybe if I live long enough, I can hope to get back a modicum of what I need, but it tires me just thinking of all you're doing! What a gorgeous sight it must be for those driving by on the road! I want to send something so I can be a little part of your eden, so look out for a package from Texas.

Why Aimee that is so nice of you. I really haven't been able to do all that much either. I'll work on it a day and then it'll be a week before I can get back to it. It has also turned out to be August here in May. Hot and humid. I guess that is bad for me but good for the Brugs. Hey the hard part has been moving the rocks to start another project.Here's a link to it. link .http://davesgarden.com/showthread/182589.html
I think that project will have to wait until fall. I thought about moving the rocks at night when it isn't so hot and might try that. Maybe I should have a plant swap and give every one a plant that will move a rock or two.

Be very careful when moving those rocks. I was out today moving a few around, and found five scorpions under one. Fortunately, they were still a little sluggish, so I didn't get stung, and killed all but one. I'm thinking I need to scatter some moth balls around. Wondering how the fire ants would like them.

Gosh GR - You've been busy!! You'll have to post another shot when it's all grown up. I bet the brugs will be gorgeous!! I've just started bringing things outside.

LOOKIN GOOD !! I think moving the rocks at night when it is cooler is a good idea. That should make the neighbors wonder as the go by each day wonder if you have pixies doing the work for you since they never see you out there but the work is getting done!

Poppysue I really appreciate the seeds and even though at times I haven't felt like getting out in the garden I felt I owed it to all the wonderful friends that shared plants and seeds, some at their own expense, to try and do as much as I could to get them out and growing. I will post when I get the bed finished and also when it comes alive with blooms.
Zany I need those pixies. I don't think they know where Lagrange is. LOL