More Garden Goodness

The weather today was picture perfect, and I should have been painting, but the yards were in such dire straits and they cried out for some much needed attention. Everything seems like it's spinning faster and faster, and so I'm glad the days are getting longer --

because

there is

so much

to

do.

This morning, I planted lavender along the trash enclosure -- doesn't the purple look fantastic against the new exterior paint color?

This jasmine is about to explode into bloom. I planted it next to the side door of the Guest House - it will grow up and over the little porch, and smell wonderful.


I have 3 Pride of Madeiras and they are bursting with buds - this will be riot of purple within days, and the bees will come calling.

The monster POM in the backyard by the deck -- it's about to get a huge trimming. I was so afraid it wouldn't make it when I transplanted it -- Look at all those buds!

I'm so happy to see new leaves on my grapevines! I thought I lost these guys. They ended up getting covered in paint dust when we sanded the guest house, and lost all their leaves.

I have 4 grape vines that are in pots at each post of the pergola off my dining room. White geraniums spill from the pots towards the ground, and Elijah Blue keeps it company. The grape vines will form arches along the upper perimeter, and a Pauls Musk Rose or a Cecile Bruner will cover the top.

The wisteria continues to fill in the pergola off the bedroom nicely.

It's trying to make its way over to the shed ...

The bush lilies burst into bloom today, too! I was very surprised to see this yellow one -- they all were supposed to be orange...

These poor things have been living underneath the pepper tree with dirt piled over their roots while we decided where they were going to go permanently. Poor things. ...and they still bloomed. Thank you little flowers for hanging in there.

It's coming along ... little by little, we travel far. --j.r.r. toilken