What's Going On

There is a little bit going on in the garden... New growth on the hydrangeas, and some of the daffodils popping up Kiki being lazy as usual...watching what goes on in the garden.

New growth on the roses

Glad to see the cold didn't hurt them to much.

The walking iris however didn't fare so well. Maybe it will pull through.

Woodland phlox

I love the see the foliage change colors on the Nandina.

Hydrangea

Butterfly Bush

I filled up the bird feeders. Hopefully I can get some good bird photos soon!

Hydrangea

Hydrangea

I found this on the hydrangea...apparently the wasps made themselves at home!

Hydrangea

Clematis

Not much gong on in the garden. I desperately need to weed! Whew! That will take a whole day. I really need to cut back the dead plants as well. Hopefully I can get around to that soon. I only have 2 more weekend left of hunting season, so that is where I will be! Come February it is time to get down to business, and get in the dirt!

Productive Saturday....just not in my yard!

This post was intended for Saturday, since I was having problems uploading photos, you are getting it today, Monday :). Better late than never.

I got off to an early start Saturday morning. The Hunter has a lawn care business and he had 8 yards to cut Saturday. I was out in the yard around 7am getting some things done. Then I was going to meet him to help with his yards.

I got a few of the seedling planted, cosmos, lupine, zinnia, daisies, hollyhock. Then I had to pull weeds, and a lot of them! After an hour or 2 in the yard I was off to help The Hunter. I spent all day Saturday working in other peoples yards! I helped him cut 6 yards. It was a long, hot day! We didn't end up getting home until dark. But at least I did get a little bit done in my own yard. Coneflowers are doing great. Caladiums are finally coming up. Don't mind the weeds! I took photos before I weeded.

Fire Spike is doing well. This is one of my favorites. I can't wait for it to bloom!

Butterfly Ginger and Mexican petunia are filling out

Dinner Plate Dahlia is coming on up! I am really excited to see this one bloom. This is another $3 investment from Big Lots!

This is my very pitiful Angel Trumpet (brugmansia)! I dug it up from my grandmothers house back in August and planted it. I thought that is had died, but nope...it made it. As sad as it looks, at least it is growing.

Miniature Dahlia about to bloom. I planted these last year. I bought about 15 of them for $1 a piece! They came back and are doing well. Fortunately we don't have to dig up dahlias here during the winter months.

After I got the seedling planted I put out slug killer. Slugs will feast on those little seedlings and kill everyone of them. As you can see they have been enjoying this gerbera daisy!!!! Not for long though!

Slugs also enjoy dining on my hibiscus...hopefully they will snack on some slug bait and die!

Bat Face Plant (sorry it should have been rotated!) should be blooming any day now

And last but not least, miniature gardenia...it smells wonderful. I have 2 of these and they are doing wonderful!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It is STORMING here today. We are under a tornado watch until 2pm. It is black as night outside right now. The rain is gladly welcome in my garden. We really needed a good rain. This will surely perk the plants up, and especially good for the little seedling that were just planted.

Sunday's Best

The clematis is loaded!! I counted 20 blooms/buds on it. This is the best it has ever been. It is just beautiful. I also snapped a photo of the first coneflower to bloom. Ramona gave me the Singer sewing table a while back. I finally cut a piece of wood to put on it as a top. I need to paint it. I put it right by the front door. The tea kettle was my grandmothers. I drilled a few holes in the bottom and whalah!

Sweltering Sunday

Sunday was so hot and muggy. It was pretty overcast in the morning, but it was humid. The sun managed to come out around lunch and it got extremely hot! Then this morning it was in the high 40's! Crazy weather we have here! I started the day pretty early. I was riding through neighborhoods at 7am picking up bags of leaves! I came back, repaired the rose bed, planted some containers, cleaned the shade garden, cut the grass, and weeded (some)....all of this by 12:30! I was drained by 2pm and had to have a siesta!

Here are some pics of the Gazania I planted in the front yard. This is a new flowers I am trying. I have been wanting to plant them for some time. I just love them. I hope they work well. Here is my clematis. My mom actually rooted this for me from my grandmothers clematis. This is its third year. Clematis don't do much the first year, the second year...it had a few blooms. The third year is when it really takes off! What amazes me about this plants is that the new growth forms from the dead growth from last year. You can actually see the dead stems in the photo. This is why I never remove the old stems.