new love

as some old favourites begin to bud and bloom...peony.



white clematis

calibrachoa

large blotch pansy

red hot geraniums

chive blooms

oregano

there is still room in my heart for new loves.

one of my local garden centers is on the way to lots of things.

picking up kids from work, the grocery store, target, tractor supply.

i pass by it quite often...today i just couldn't do it again without stopping in.

so i thought i really need more hellebores...they didn't have any.

i was not really surprised but they had plenty of other goodies.

yarrow 'terra cotta'

coleus 'twist and twirl'

coleus 'pink chaos'

petunia 'bravo blue veined'

creeping jenny 'red'

osteospermum 'daisy side show copper yellow'

weeping loropetalum 'purple pixie'

i don't think i have ever bought a container already planted

but i loved this combination and i am moving more

toward containers because of all the dogs we have around here.

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lavender pentas

dark blue petunias

dracaena spike

a soft green fuzzy leafed trailing vine, silver mist licorice

the tiny white flower...not sure.

it was nice having something ready to just put out in the garden.

happy april planting.

some surprises, some not!

these are my pentas. i planted at beginning of summer. they have needed more rain. but have fared well despite the lack of precipitation.
not the best image but i am using my sons digital, one of my lenses seems to have quit on me. can that happen? i have had it forever.



my surprise impatient between the rocks.


hostas blooms



"hope" following me around watering.


zinnia, i love the blooms within the bloom!



see what i discovered in my farmers market container. meems,this is the one i was admiring in your garden, right?


i'm sure this is not a healthy flower on the left but i still find it beautiful.



this is up next to our house and i love the colour but no idea what it is.





a birdbath in need of cleaning.

it is a vibrant blue with hand painted flowers, a gift from darling hubby.

i bought a different one for my daughter for mother's day and liked it so much he got me this one.

this has just cropped up in the wildflower garden.





is this a weed or maybe lavender? it is also in the wildflower garden.

this is what happens when you move to a new house.
also when you plant by seed packets containing many varieties of wildflowers.

in and around wildflowers

i am very glad to be home to my blooming wildflowers and beautifully giant sunflowers!