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The Rain Brought the Rain Lilies

 

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Rain :)

Cold Mornings Over Sandy Creek

The mornings are getting cold cause the lake to fog up at first light. Very pretty but signalling the end of the growing season.

Found this old picture of the Mexican Plum in bloom. Hoping for a good showing this spring. The rains have come and should aid the spring flowers. Keeping my fingers crossed that we will have a good wild flower season. The forecast is for the rain keep up through winter, if it does then we will see a good show.

Mexican Sage in Bloom

Butterflies Love the PB Too

Pride of Barbados are Blooming Early

What's In Bloom ....

Honeysuckle

Lavender

Roses

Saliva

Pink Wildflowers

Other pink wildflowers I did not post this past spring. Thought I'd share them ....
Note sure the name of this flower. They are on the small side. These pictures are closeups. The bloom is about the size of a half dollar.

The outside kitchen continues to evolve

Here's a shot of the pizza oven, smoker, and latest addition, the patio heater.

This is a view from outside the gate looking into the pool area.

Birdseye view from the roof top of the pool area.

The Rain Lilies in bloom.

Wild Flowers 08

Spring Flowers Are Here!

The Pride of Barbados is in Bloom

My Pride of Barbados has come into bloom. It was a long wait but it was worth it. It is stunning. Here is a picture of the first couple of blooms. More blooms have come out since this picture. It's getting more and more beautiful each day. They seem to pop over night providing a nice surprise each morning. I'll post some more pictures once it is in full bloom. I only hope the deer do not eat it in the mean time.

Here is another picture of the hibiscus. Still blooming and ever changing with each passing day. I was attempting to capture the size of the blooms. Not sure it really worked. As note earlier, they are the size of dinner plates. Very impressive. The deer have been staying away ever since I started using a heavier hand on the Deer Off. Not sure if the Deer Scram worked because it rained with in a day of the application. The commercials say that it will last for 45 days even when it rains. The directions indicated otherwise. And of course, it didn't just rain, it poured a few times. Needless to say, the pellets washed away. I think the Deer Off is working just fine. I've been applying it every week or so just to make sure those pesky critters stay away. Happy to report they seem to be under control.

More Blooms

The Hibiscus is in bloom! It's stunning :) Turns out it did come into bloom while I was out of town. Above is a close up of one of two blooms that opened up this morning. The blooms are the size of dinner plates. The color is a deep red. Very beautiful. However, they are very delicate and seem to only last a day. So I been photographing them every day. Today I had the best success.

As for the deer .... They love these plants. I've been spraying them every other day with Deer Off. This seems to be working, however I didn't spray the entire plant and those darn deer reached to the back at munched on one of the stalks :( I think they were here yesterday while I was at work. I think I'll put out the Deer Scram but I'd like to wait until it stops raining. But alas there is no end in sight. The lake is way above full and the rain is still coming.

Even More Flowers

Here are some more pictures from the garden:

Red Cosmos

Pink Cosmos

Barrel Cactus

More Garden Pictures

Here are some more pictures from my garden ....

Rose buds - This is a snap shot of a few of the hundreds of my Simplicity lavender hedge roses from Jackson & Perkins. I have five and they are on their second bloom. They stand almost 6 feet and are covered in blooms. I think next winter I'll be a bit more aggressive on the pruning so that they do not grow so tall.

Pink bougainvillea - I have several, however they are not performing very well. This is a close-up of one small cluster so they don't look too bad. I hope they start to bloom a bit more.

How Does My Garden Grow?

With all the rain we have received this spring, it is growing very well, thank you. Here are some photos -

Hollyhocks

Coreopsis

Cosmos

Iceplant

Coming soon my newly planted rose hedge, Hibiscus, and hopefully my Pride of Barbados. Keep an eye out for postings of these beauties.