Everything survived (and thrived!) while we were away. The sunflowers are all starting to bloom, as well as the swamp mallow. It's nice to smell the rosemary and lavender when CJ and I water everything. All the annuals seem happy and I think I may have one or two of the chinese lantern plants growing from the seeds I tossed in the spring. Or maybe I'm just babying some weeds. We'll see, I guess.
Not sure I'm real happy with the center white crape myrtle. But maybe I should just keep pruning it to try to improve its shape.... it's just so droopy... but I'm glad to see the angel trumpet on the right in the first picture is doing so well. Maybe it will bloom in the next few weeks.I moved my tall rudbeckia out from behind the sunflowers. It really wasn't happy with me for doing that... but it seems to be settling in to its new location after a serious knee-jerk, "you really shouldn't have done that" reaction. I hope anyway.
I've got another new bed almost ready to plant.... it's mostly in the shade during the day so I'm hoping to plant a hydrangea. One side of the bed gets more sun, though, so I put a banana and a perennial hibiscus... guess I'll concentrate on finishing it after CJ's birthday.
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Such pretty color! Hydrangeas are beautiful - I bet it'd look great in that new bed.
I will try and remember to take a picture of my new backyard and upload it this weekend...talk about blank slate - I don't even have any grass back there! I see lots and lots of mulching and digging in my future...
Stephanie, your bed came out simply gorgeous! You and CJ (and your mom) should be very proud and happy to water such a beautiful planting!
Hey Steph - are those sunflowers you started from seeds??
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