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| As I was photographing I could see grasshoppers coming at me left and right! I'm being invaded! This beautiful daylily is Orange Vols. |
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| The red daylily is Red Volunteer |
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| Princeton Point Lace |
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| Star Struck |
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| Solar Fire Tomato |
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| Sadly, most of the tomato plants in this bed have a virus and this is probably the only crop I will get. I do have several plants planted among some of the flowers and in another bed and they seem to be doing okay, so far! |
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| Russian Rhapsody |
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| Navajo Princess |
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| You gotta have a few "old fashioned" flowers in the garden. My sister gave me some Hollyhock seeds last summer and this is my reward today. I love this flower - but you do need a lot of room for these. The pink flower up against the purple leaves of the canna are a nice contrast. |
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| Heirloom tomatoes are coming along, but a few have the yellowing of the leaves - our humidity is very high. Any suggestions? |
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| Here is another rose "Double Delight" - a hybrid tea rose that everyone should have - VERY fragrant and the color changes on a daily basis - from bicolor to a pinky red and sometimes to almost white. |
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| A Good Idea - On a recent trip to Austin to see some family - my brother gave me this strip of a paper towel. He had taken the seeds from his heirloom tomatoes last year and dried them on a paper towel and then cut them into strips. He said to just plant the strip - so I did --- see photo below of the seedlings coming up. Loved this idea. |
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| Tomato seedlings coming up from the paper towel strip. Keep you posted on the progress |
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| Tomato bed - tomatoes are coming along! Hope to get some this year. |
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| Jamaican Dream iris along with Graham Thomas David Austin Rose. I took this photo after our lovely rain stopped. |
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| Everyone should have this rose in their garden - it is just the loveliest. It scents the entire yard and is a beautiful combination of pink and apricot color. |
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| Thought it would be fitting to photograph the Cinco De Mayo rose bush on this 5th of May. It is such a beautiful chocolate orange red color - my camera just doesn't want to capture this magnificent color. |
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| Cherry Blossom Song has bloomed today. I just love the contrasting orange beard! |
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| Front iris is Gypsy Romance |
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| View of the garden |
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| Elainealope iris. I love the streak of dark purple on this. |
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| Rustic Royalty is also blooming |
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| The bed I started on the tree is coming along. Added some more hosta |
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| Another view of garden. |
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| I've been on a very tight budget concerning the garden, but now am able to purchase a few new plants. This is a newly planted hydrangea - the one planted 3 years ago in another area hasn't bloomed in 2 seasons. I will be moving that one. |
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| When we first moved here, there was a hybrid tea rose in the front flower bed. It was a pale yellow color, but to me this rose was not in the right place and stuck out like a sore thumb, so I dug it up. That was 4 seasons ago. Last year I noticed a rosebush coming up and figured it was a piece of the root stock of the one I had removed. I thought it would be an ugly unruly rose, so I just kept cutting it back to the ground. This year I decided to let it stay.....and boy has it rewarded me!!!! |
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| Silverado Iris planted in front of the double pink Knockout roses. |
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| Red Knockouts starting to open |
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| Moonlit Water iris getting prettier every year. |
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| Unknown white, love it mixed in with other colors. |
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| Golden yellow iris, which I lost the name |
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| Row of double pink Knockouts have really opened up today. |
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| Spin-off iris along with double pink Clementine Columbine. I started this from seed last year and it returned on it's own this year. |
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| Every spring when the iris bloom, it's like seeing old friends... Spin-off. |
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| Moonlit Water Everyone should have a least one iris tucked in the garden. |
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| Large beautiful yellow - have lost the name of this one. |
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| Heirloom iris clump growing by the road is quickly multiplying. |
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| The Texas Mission Almond tree is producing fruit this year! |
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| The living fence, Elaeagnus, is still coming along... patience in the garden! |
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| BEFORE photo of the Elaeagnus shrubs |
