This has been a very hot summer. Tomorrow it will be September 1st and it is still in the 90’s. Our Lord Baltimore Hibiscus was beautiful this year. It bloomed over and over again with huge blooms of red color making our yard a tropical paradise. It was fun to float around in the pool, [...]
Last year we planted our bird of paradise by the mailbox. We hoped that it would survive our coldest winter ever and it has certainly surprised us with a flurry of repeat blooms this summer. It is hard to believe that such a delicate leaf and beautiful tropical flower can withstand freezing temperatures but we [...]
Paul and I walked around in our garden today and found so many beautiful buds and blooms.
David Austin Rose
Rose I bought for $5.00 in Tyler, unknown variety
Don Juan Climbing Rose on “Helen’s Arbor”
Day-lily along the pathway
The bud on the unknown rose – see bloom above
Peony – beautiful every year
Bud of Don Juan Rose on [...]
See the land her Easter Keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices;
Fields and gardens hail the spring;
Shores and woodlands ring with voices
While the wild birds build and sing
By
Charles Kingley
(1819-75)
This rose produces a beautiful array of blooms every year and never fails me, just like my friendship with my two special friends Carey and Wendy. This weekend we had a wonderful time on a girls trip to McKinney, TX, great shops, great food, lots of laughter and wonderful memories. [...]
This rose is for my special friend Marcie who always enjoys seeing Mr. Lincoln Rose blooming at my front door when she stops by.
Yellow is such a warm, happy color and tonite when I got home I found such an exquisite array of rose buds and yellow canna blooms, that I just had to share the moment with you. Happy Day !!
One day last year when I was shopping in the garden center at Lowe’s I noticed the sales clerk filling a cart with plants. We started talking and she said the plants were going to be discarded. She said she would sell them to me for 50 cents each so I bought all of them. [...]
This spring I planted a package of Burpee assorted perennial seeds in a small plot of soil next to the rose bushes. I placed a marker there, but my yard maintenance man mistook them for weeds and wisked them away. I had forgotten about it until two weeks ago this huge lovely surprise was all [...]
