We had $70 worth of gift cards and coupons for Stein’s and so made good use of them. Paul was such a great help planting.
We added some Ostrich and Cinnamon Ferns to our slowly growing fern patch. You can see the Lamium (Purple Dragon Spotted Nettle) around the ferns.
We went looking for some hydrangeas to replace the couple that didn’t make it but they were so expensive so we decided to hold off. We did add some Pachysandra Terminalis Green Carpet (Green Carpet Japanese Spunge) to that area as ground cover.
A hydrangea is in the middle with the grown cover on either side.
I planted three pots with flowers. The seeds I had originally planted in those pots never sprouted. In two pots I planted Evolvulus Blue Daze and Nemesia Aromatica White. In a third pot I planted Petunia Double Red Madness and Gazania Big Kiss which are incredible looking flowers. I was also shocked that 20 minutes after I planted the Gazania a huge blossom opened up.
I also planted some mums. This last winter was hard on our mums and only one and a small piece of another survived.
I planted two new herbs in pots where the seeds hadn’t sprouted: Lavender Lady and Lovage a celery like herb. The lavender is the top one and the lovage is on the right of the middle row.
Our black raspberries have grown wild. Two summers ago a friend gave me two black raspberry plants and now they are all over and they taste so good. Here is one small section of them.
Two of our three trumpeter vines are in full bloom. The bees and hummingbirds love them.
The cone flowers are just starting to bloom and the perennial garden I planted this year is doing well.
In my topsy turveys my tomato and pepper plants are looking incredible as is the basil growing out of the top.
I’ve got some beautiful hot peppers that will soon be ready to eat.
I picked a cayenne pepper from my dad’s garden this weekend and ate that in a burrito of sautéed veggies and refried beans. For such a tiny pepper, it really had a lot of heat.
These pots may not be pretty but our bearded dragon and turtles will love the collard greens. This is our second batch of collard greens and is doing well.
The convoloulus has just started to bloom.
I trimmed off the old sage and new growth has started.
I’m hoping my egg plant does better this year.
I love the daylilies that bloom along our driveway each summer.
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