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| I started these double Columbine from seed in Feb 2012 and have babied the seedlings and now am rewarded today with them blooming! I have lost the seed packet, so I think these are Clementine Double Columbine. Out of 2 pkgs I got 2 plants. |
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| I think they were worth the effort! |
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| When we first bought the house in 2010 |
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| Trying to make the well house not stick out like a sore thumb. |
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| Today |
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| Photo taken when we first bought the house |
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| Today |
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| Superstition iris |
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| Silverado and Sky Spirit iris |
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| Trying to train the Wisteria onto the top of the fence |
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| The living fence is slowly coming along. I can't decide whether to shape into a box hedge or leave them bushy. |
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| Before photo |
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| Spin-off, an Heirloom, and Footloose iris |
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| I thought I had killed this beauty - Moonlit Water. She is alive and well. |
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| These iris are in the rose bed. |
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| I just love this time of year - everything is new and green. In Texas when June arrives, everything begins to look a bit raggedy and stressed. The silvery bush to the left is one of the remaining Elaeagnus, in front, that survived the drought in 2011. It seems to be doing well now. I did plant it a little bit to close to the Pink Knockout rose, which is to the right. I planted the dark purple iris last summer in front of the Red Knockout roses. I planted the Heirloom iris on our embankment last summer as well and they have really multiplied! |
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| Heirloom iris on embankment. |
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| Sky Spirit iris just bloomed this morning. This one is in the backyard. Behind it is another Elaeagnus that was almost dead in the Summer of 2011. I moved some of them to the back for tender loving care and now they look great. The red "schoolhouse" birdhouse is now home to what I believe are Eastern Bluebirds. They are a beautiful blue with orange bellies. |
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| I also moved some of the Footloose iris to the front. I think they look great by these rocks. This is usually the first iris to bloom in my garden and is very prolific and looks stunning planted alongside tall white iris. I bought this several years ago from Schreiner's Iris Gardens online. They are based in Oregon.  the white with me, but haven't seen them this year so far. |
