Here's a combination of two of my favorite things--photography + gardening.
Welcome Spring!
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| African or Butterfly Iris |
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Texas State Flower
Bluebonnet |
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| Bluebonnets with Pincushion Flowers and Salvia |
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| Springtime Blues |
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| Bottlebrush Tree |
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| Crazy Bloomer this year! |
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| :~D Trying to grow a bottle tree . . . |
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| Feathery Bronze Fennel in the Herb Bed |
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| Calendula |
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| In the front yard--Snapdragons, Dusty Miller, African Iris |
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| Citronella in Bloom |
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My neighbor's Jasmine peeps over the fence
and fills the air with its fragrance. |
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| Fern Leaf Dill from last fall has gone to seed. |
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| Dill Seed Heads |
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| Lovely |
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| One of Three Birdbaths |
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| Red Blooms -Pineapple Sage |
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Black Swallowtail Butterflies love dill,
these plants will be gone before the butterflies arrive. |
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| Ladybugs keep company with my dill. |
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| Here's a showstopper! Duranta |
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| Duranta |
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| aka Brazilian Star Flower |
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| Waxy yellow berries are hold-overs from last fall. |
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Two years after freezing back to the ground, Duranta is back
in all its glory. |
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| And I am thrilled! |
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| Bluebonnets go to seed while Duranta is covered in bright purple. |
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| Hibiscus |
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| A Peachy Sculpture |
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When I eat breakfast in the garden,
I see a squatter in the house.
Chameleon has laid claim
to bask in the sun on this little porch! |
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| Loquat Tree |
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| The first year we've had fruit! |
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| The view from our Breakfast Room |
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Mockingbirds love Loquats.
I like them too! |
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My dream spot for a small fountain.
In the meantime, pots of kalanchoes brighten the space. |
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This Spring, a crew came to weed, mulch, and fertilize.
Microlife (chicken poop) is magic. |
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Can you see 2 of the 4 utility boxes we have in our back yard?!
Reworking this corner after taking out 2 small trees and 5 sage.
The neighbor's star jasmine is a treat. |
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| Looking South |
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| Looking North |
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| New Pergola adds a lot to the space. |
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| Looking West |
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| From the gate on the East side |
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| Mandevilla |
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| Pretty in Pink |
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| Mexican or False Heather |
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| Milkweed is the host plant for Monarch Butterflies. |
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| Onion Chives in the Herb Bed |
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| Drifts of Cool Blues |
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Bright lime Sedum and striped Variegated Yucca
contrast with Pincushion flowers and Salvia. |
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Possum Haw Holly couldn't wait
to pop leaves and blooms. |
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| Purslane explodes as soon as the sun shines. |
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| A Knock-Out Rose |
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| Bloomer |
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| Perfect single blooms |
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| Neon Bright |
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My Knock-Out Rose
Tree! |
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| A Giant's Bouquet |
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| My Favorite Salvia--Hot Lips |
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| Hummingbirds Love It |
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| It's happy in the sun. |
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Another Salvia whose name I don't know.
But I like the purple spikes. |
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| Spring Time |
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| Here's still another--Summer Salvia |
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| It seeds very freely. |
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With absolutely no help,
Summer Salvia finds its way all over the garden. |
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| Sedum in Bloom |
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| Snapdragons with Ornamental Kale (gone wild) |
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| Mexican Heather bookends Snapdragons |
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My first attempt at Strawberries
was well-received by the birds. |
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Purple Homestead Verbena
Gotta' love it! |
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| A very thick mat of blooms |
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| Cascades |
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| over the edging |
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Another Bird Bath enjoys the company of
Marigolds |
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| Red Yucca blooms attract lots of honeybees. |
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This bee's legs are so loaded with pollen,
I'm not sure how it kept flying. |
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The Red Yucca's coral-colored bloom spikes
last for several months. |
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| A Sculpture for the Xeriscape Garden |
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While the plant is a spikey 2-3 feet tall,
Red Yucca blooms reach 5-6 feet. |
Hope you enjoyed this tour of my gardens for Spring 2015. Come back again, okay?
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