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| Sky Spirit iris |
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| Love this fuschia colored snapdragon. |
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| Spin-off iris. I moved this last year in front of Graham Thomas English rose. I thought the color combination would look good, now just if the rose opens in time before the iris fade. |
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| I used to call these "wild iris" until my sister informed me they are Heirloom iris. |
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| I just love the iris buds just before they open. It is almost like having two different flowers. |
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| Clematis growing on tomato cage. I'm hoping it will start climbing on the fence. |
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| Mr Lincoln rose. |
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| Dwarf Asiatic Lily "Tiny Bell" |
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| Veronica "Red Fox" |
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| Loropetalum "Purple Diamond" I thought these shrubs make a nice contrast with the beige color of the house. |
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| Footloose iris in foreground with Electrique in the back. |
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| I was hoping to get my white iris planted with Footloose. But since moving to this new place I haven't seen my white iris. I'm sure I moved it here with us. See the last picture of this post. |
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| This is Footloose iris and the white iris together at my old house. I was trying to recreate this here. |
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| This is the iris in my last post. I wasn't sure which one it was and that's because I discovered it is one I purchased in the summer of 2010 and has never bloomed before. It's called "Electrique" |
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| View from top |
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| View from side |
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| My first Heuchera (Coral Bells) "Amethyst Mist" since moving here. I didn't buy any last year because my garden beds were not established. I previously had "Caramel" at my old house and just loved it. I thought I would try purple this time. |
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| First iris bud of the season. I moved the iris all over they place last season and I'm not sure which one this is. I guess it will be a surprise. |
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| White By The Gate camellia is in bloom. |
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| Lupine that I started from seed in the milk jugs. I just transplanted it to the shade garden. |
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| In the foreground are snapdragons that I started from seed last spring and they came back this spring. Also notice the "Dwarf Firehouse" nandina. They never cease to amaze me with their color. |
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| Snapdragon |
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| I put the White Lightin' rose in the middle of daylily bed. |
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| Dwarf Firehouse Nandina |
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| A wonderful gift from my sister arrived on my doorstep today. She said she used to have one in her garden and never has been able to find another one, until now - online. Thank you to my sister. She said it is a beautiful white and has an absolutely heavenly scent. I'm not sure about the story of the demise of her first White Lightnin' - but I think it might have been the doings of her dog. |
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| It's a rainy, cold day, so I can't get out to plant it, hopefully tomorrow. It came as a bareroot rose. I soaked it in a bucket of water with a capful of bleach, per the instructions. Since it has such a lovely fragrance, it might have to go by the back patio. |
