Spring pretties in Richmond, TX

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 16, 2008

I love violas, they do much better than pansies in my garden. For the first time in many years, I have been religious about watering w/ water soluble super bloom and I have had a profusion of bright colored blooms.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 16, 2008

here is a noid dianthus that growing in a pot for 3-4 years now.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 16, 2008

salvia "Flame", which kept on growing during our mild winter. Lovely yellow viola to the right.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 16, 2008

I was jumping for joy when I noticed this little verbena coming back from last year. I bought it at WM and have never seen it again. A bicolor white/purple verbena

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 16, 2008

I seem to do better by planting petunias in the fall. They bloom then, and again in the spring. after that, I have to replace.

However, if I plant them in the spring, the never survive summer. I get more bang for my money with fall planting. Here is a noid pink double. I also have a bicolor white/purple, and a bicolor pink/white but those aren't blooming now.

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KaylyRed Watertown, WI(Zone 5a) Mar 17, 2008

Beautiful! I love verbena. It will only grow as an annual here.

We paid a visit to Tyler, Texas a couple weeks ago (my husband's business was thinking of relocating him there, but that has changed now). We were just a week or two too early for the Azalea Trail festival there. I would've loved to have seen all those azaleas in bloom.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Mar 17, 2008

I lived in Tyler at a time in my life when I cared nothing about gardening--only shoes. My great loss, to think I could have made weekly trips to Chamblees for roses and enjoyed the Tyler azalea trail.

I like Tyler, wish I had appreciated it better back then.

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