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G~mom,
I absolutely LOVE those lillies...
So delicate!!!

There are many species of Rain lilies, also known as Zephyr lilies, which belong the the genus Zephyranthes

Ok, a few more...

Alyssum


daylily


mini red roses


mini yellow roses


muscari, finally getting a tiny stalk on it..


One more post to follow..
Meg

Purple clematis


White clematis, really taking off!


purple & white together-


That's it, for now...

Meg

Ok, one more.. these aren't "in bloom" but they are growing like .. weeds. But no, seriously, they are my

purple ninebark (diabolo)


And my biggest forsythia, and these didn't bloom.. I think they are in too much shade on the back side of the house. *sigh*


Meg

Wow, you go Meg. Heavens your going to have your entire yard landscaped by this summer lol.

Me i'm still plodding along like the "old grey mare" one square foot at a time lol. Only thing that is blooming here are the snapdragons and they just don't give up. I really like them. And I'm glad they like the clay.

TK, alot of these were planted last year, between Mother's Day & Autumn. But the mini roses were new, the wildflower (alyssum) was a can of seeds given to me for my birthday, and the 2 cletmatis & peony of course I got a couple weeks ago, as well as 2 new columbines.

I wish I had more yard.. just so I could plant more stuff! LOL.

Meg

Two of the zinnia had buds on them. One a can just barely see the center of. Looks like it is going to be bright red. I can't wait to see it. I've never grown them before so I am looking forward to it.

The moss roses are getting bigger but still no buds. I am impatient to see them flower they are so pretty.

Oy, you're not gonna believe this.. but I just bought more plants at Southern States. I got marigolds to put in with my veggies. I read it's good for confusing the bugs..lol.







There were 21 plants.. I put them out, while it was thundering away..lol. I finished the last one, stood up, and saw a big flash of lightening! I went in pretty quick then..lol.

Meg

Meg - your veggies look soooooooo healthy!
Can't wait to see them when they are ready to pick!

Am I too late to jump in on this thread? We just got back from being away a few days, and was 'Surprised' by these (what I think are) Surprise Lilies! Looks like one of my yuccas sent up a shoot - not sure about the others - these guys need to be thinned out!

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Mary

Love the lilies but I think I would be putting up a sound barrier between me and that school lol. But then I'm home all day. And have the greyhound busses comming and going from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., and school busses, and public transportation lol.

Mary - it's never too late to post on this thread. I'm hoping it's like the energizer bunny and keeps going and going and going...
Great pictures of really nice lilies too!

I was shocked and thrilled to see that my 2 year old yucca has also sent up a flower spike. I bought it with a cousin up in Connecticut 2 summers ago, and her 2 bloomed for her last summer, while my 1 did not. Here's a picture of mine from earlier today.



Almost looks like a pale flamingo got caught in there!

LOL T, it's actually a reeeeeeally small school district, and probably less than 100 kids go to the school. Besides, they kind of keep me on task -- oh, they're at lunch? Oh, they're going home? Kind of my environmental clock LOL!

Wow Lynne, gorgeous yucca. Mine are ugly LOL! I thought about sending mine far, far away, but then read that they will multiply like crazy, just from even moving them, so fageddaboudit! They'll stay, but I plan on moving the lilies. They're kind of tucked away on the far side of the yard, and I thought they might make a great accent to the wild rose we have growing that's now completely dead (leaves and all! Strange?) but bloom before the lilies send up their stalks. Hmmm. ANYway, I never saw a yucca with leaves like that, gorgeous!

I'll be back, as soon as I get something else blooming!

I saw a bud on the moss rose today so you know I'll be out there shortly after sunrise to see if it blooms tomorrow. I am so childish about this garden project. lol. Maybe I've started my second childhood a little early hummmmmmmm?

I gotta say, I'm right there with ya. Sure is fun, isn't it?

I can't wait to see what the yucca looks like in full bloom I'm still waiting for mine to do something :p

The lillies are lovely,Mary I hope this thread goes on and on and on! I love to see everybodies "pretties"!

G-Mom

Well the zinnia stem has bent so maybe tomorrow? The moss rose bud is still there and still a bud. I know they aren't suppose to like a lot of fertilizer but it is so tempting when I get impatient lol.

OK...just 3 more and I promise I'll stop(well at least for today,LOL)

Aloe blooming for 5th time this year


Well-trained hubby


Check out this storm cloud from last night


G-Mom

Wow, G-Mom I love your pics! Don't stop posting them!! Can you tell me (this has been driving me crazy lately) what the flowers are in the 2nd picture, 3 posts up? I think they might be daylilies - but yaknow, i don't know. I see them everywhere here and they're gorgeous (though I haven't seen them in white) but I dont know what they are! Is it just my imagination, or are they growing in a heart shape?

I'm so jealous of your aloe growing outside!!! And your pond!!! and...and...and...LOL!

Mary

ME TOO! ME TOO!!!
It looks sooooooo healthy!

Your gardens are so clean and neat G-mom! Bet your house is too - LOL!!!
The more I see the pics of your rain lilies, the more I want some. Did you ever find out the latin name for them?

Please, sir... I'd like some more...
pics that is!

G-mom, your photos are just lovely. That aloe looks cool!! I've never seen one flower before. And I thought those other flowers were in a circle, but now that it was mentioned, I went back & looked again, and yea, they do look like they are in a heart shape! You are so imaginitive!! I love all your photos.. and the storm cloud looks awesome!

Meg

Yep...it's a heart shape. I had a gazillion mini bulbs and tossed them all together in a heart shaped hole. Turns out there are 3 different types of bulbs.



Zephyranthus

I love out-of-the-ordinary stuff...I have Willys peeking out of hanging plants,a ceramic pig laying on the edge of my green bean bed(smiling of course),froggies and turtles hiding in different beds and I just put a mirror(one of those that you put on a bedroom door)on the lattice in one corner of my yard,it reflects back the pond and all of the plants and makes it look like a private path to another garden

G-Mom

Very cute graphic, G-mom!

Thanks for the latin name - yet another plant I'm going to have to find!

How about it you take some pictures of your fun garden items and we call that thread "garden accessories"?!?

This way we can have those posts all in one place, instead of everyone starting their own, when they want to share pictures of their finds.

A few flowers from my gardens today in the blasting hot sun! It's hard to take good pictures in the heat and humidity with this cheapo camera, but these were the best I could do.

honeysuckle - lonicera heckrotti goldflame
growing up the support beam of our deck




some verbena that needs to fill out some


some gazania that also needs to fill out some, but looks mighty nice by the bathtub pond