Not Much Going On...

'Joan Senior'

There’s not a whole lot going on in my garden right now as a result of the heat. Blooms are indeed very limited but I snapped a shot of what I could find. :0) We’ve all be talking about how everything is blooming at the wrong time and how odd it all is… Can you believe one of my dogwoods is in full bloom right now? Talk about weird… this has never happened before.

This is one of two sprigs of milkweed growing in my garden. I really, really hope it makes seeds this year. My garden is usually a happy breeding ground for Monarchs but I haven’t seen any caterpillars in almost 3 years. I was just commenting to Dee at Red Dirt Ramblings about how I would like to increase the number of host plants in my garden. I use to have a HUGE stand of milkweed and now it’s down to practically nothing. I was digging thru old seeds and found a package of pink milkweed from a kind blogger friend that I never planted. I don’t know how I managed to misplace it, but I will happily be scratching a place in the ground to plant it this fall. I think that’s when you are suppose to do it… please correct me if I’m wrong.

Peegee hydrangea ‘Grandiflora’ is looking prettier this year than it ever has before. I’ve seen these get very large. Mine doesn’t seem to be getting any taller though. I don’t know how you are supposed to limb something up when the trunk gets no taller. Anyway, I’m okay if stay a little short thing it still produces lovely blooms for me.

Blooming 05/07/12

I hope everyone had an incredible weekend. Mine was great it just went by entirely too fast! This post is going to be short and sweet. Here are a few things that are blooming in the garden right now. I cannot believe the daylilies are in flower before the irises this year. That’s just crazy! It also looks like a most of my irises aren’t even going to bloom. Weird season we are having so far…

'Pumpkin'

'Daring Deception'

'Lady Georgia'

'Becky' and 'Happy Returns'

'King Lamoni'

'African Parrot'

'Rockey City'

'Strawberry Candy'

'Raspberry Pixie'

'Alabama Music'

'Double River Wye'

Everyone please have a fantastic week and don't take a single minute of this life we've been given for granted! Live, live, live! Best Wishes-

In The Garden 041712

I hope everyone has had a good week so far. I walked around and snapped a couple of photos of a few things in the garden. The first is a photo of my Grandmother’s rose. She told me once it had been passed down for several generations. I have no idea what the name of it is. When I dug it up from her yard after she passed it actually had a root on it almost the size of a Nerf football. It was the biggest thing I’ve ever seen.

This next plant is ‘Anthony Waterer’ spirea. I think it has a beautiful bloom. Such a pretty color, don’t you think?

Every now and then it puts out a variegated shoot and I’ve often wondered if I rooted it, would it make a completely variegated shrub. An entirely ivory colored shrub would be incredible. I know it would need protecting from the sun. I might just give it a try and see what happens.

‘Beverly Sills’ is putting on a good show. It’s always the fourth bearded iris to bloom in my garden. I lost a huge stand of them to iris borers last year. As a matter of fact I lost a lot of gorgeous irises to those nasty rascals.

Enjoy the upcoming weekend. I’m having a special guest from out of town and something tells me I will be buying plants. So maybe I’ll have something new to put in the garden and share with you guys. The photo below is ‘Stella De Oro’. See you soon!