WITH A SLIGHT RESPITE from the unusually pleasant spring weather, yesterday was all about downpours. Nice to have the ground saturated to help establish all of the planting I've been doing. Today it's back to sunshine. How perfect is that?
I've gathered a bevy of random photos to share.
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| Honeysuckle Lonicera purpurea |
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| Purple Hens and many little chicks. |
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| Rosa 'Cinco de Mayo' |
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| Spigelia getting ready to bloom. |
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| Spigelia in bloom! |
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| The remains of my Tetrapanax ... Dead? |
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| No! Check out the Tetrapanax resurrection. |
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| Alstromeria in full bloom. |
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| Penstemon |
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| Diascia and Angelina Sedum |
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| Penstemon |
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| Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile' |
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| Rosa 'Carefree Delight' with Oregano |
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| Sedum in a vintage tool box with a side of honeysuckle |
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| Vintage work boots planted with sedums |
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| Hall's Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica 'Hallana') blooming by a vintage window. |
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| Mexican Feather Grass looking stately |
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| Sedum blossoms in a lovely shade of pink. |
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| Clematis 'Pagoda' in bloom |
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| Sweet Peas in bloom |
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| Rosa 'Getrude Jekyll' looks great this year. |
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| My daughter's Green Bean plants in a vintage wheelbarrow. |
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| Fall Gold Raspberries getting ripe already! |
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| One of my happy garden borders. |
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| Another border |
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| Under the pear tree |
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| On the patio |
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| Another border |
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| The north lawn with the stately variegated comfrey in the distance. |
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| Shady loveliness |
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| My Fuchsia border, not quite in bloom yet. |
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| The secret seating area. |
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| My seed garden full of pink California poppies. |
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| Encroachment: either the weeds on the Blue Star Creeper and visa versa. Which do you think is winning? (Hint: weeds!) |
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| This used to be a sunny area but with growing trees, it's becoming shadier by the year. I love it. |
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| Another border |
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| Fuchsia "tree" What do you think, Heather? |
As always,
