3/28/18

Texas Columbine is in bloom again!

3/27/18

My Snowball Viburnum is in bloom.

3/27/18

Redbud

I planted a Redbud tree about three years ago. After three years and no blooms, I started to wonder if it was a Redbud. This year I was relieved to see the buds and blooms.

03/15/18 - New York Botanical Gardens - Orchid Show 2018

04/20/16

Iris "Skating Party"

04/12/16

My Opium Poppies are larger than ever this year.

03/30/2016

My Boss brought this HUGE Camellia to work today.  She does not know the variety but said it has been blooming for four whole months.  I guess you could say it's been a good year for Camellias!

03/21/2016

Backyard - First Day of Spring 2016

10/13/2015

Bouquet of Inland Sea Oats

Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) seed freely if left through the winter. I've got more than enough of them so I decided, this year, to make a bouquet. The bunch looks just as fresh today as it did three months ago.

10/12/2015

Rainbow Garden Club Meeting

This past Sunday I hosted a meeting for The Rainbow Garden Club of Dallas.  Our speaker was Janet K. Smith who spoke on bat houses. She encouraged us all to erect bat houses to combat mosquitoes and other unfriendly insects, which we all agreed is a much better remedy than harmful pesticides. my neighbor I and are planning on putting a couple of them up soon.

If you'd like to buy one Janet's bat houses, they will soon be available at The Petropolitan.

09/14/2015

The Oxblood Lilies (Rhodophiala bifida) are in bloom!  Nothing like bright red to lead you to the end of a path!

07/09/2015

Double Purple Datura

This Datura is growing in a section of my garden devoted to the color purple. 

It's gorgeous when more than one flower is in bloom.

7/8/2015

Amaranthus caudatus Green Cascade and Love Lies Bleeding in a bed of Lemon Grass, 

Gomphrena Globosa  and Celosia

Background plants include Texas Rock Rose, Texas Sage, Anisacanthus, Beautyberry

and Crepe Myrtle.

07/01/2015

Zinnia Bernary's Giant Lime, Bernary's Giant Wine, & Queen Lime Red

One of my favorite summer flowers is Zinnia. These are the first blooms of the season.  I got all the seeds from Select Seeds.

06/05/2015

I'm very fond of my orange and purple Coneflowers especially when they are blooming along with my orange Daylilies.  I look forward to this show every June.

06/02/15

Daylily 'Leebea Orange Crush'

 

As Katharine Hepburn once said, "The daylilies are in bloom again." Wait....

05/21/2015

 Kniphofia Red Hot Poker

It's been awhile since I've had any Red Hot Pokers in my garden.

With all the rain this year, one has decided to return.

05/20/2015

Front Door Garden

The spring rains have made my garden thrive. This  bed contains flowers of Nasturtium, Larkspur, Coneflower, Yarrow, and Red Yucca, to name a few. The Red Yucca, is one of the new varieties called Brakelights.

05/05/15

Rose bouquet with Cinco de Mayo rose

Along with Cinco de Mayo, the orange/red rose, this bouquet contains Graham Thomas, 

Maggie and Marie Daly.

05/04/15

Nasturtium 'Tip Top Alaska Red'

 

I decided to plant a new variety of nasturtium this year.  I got the seeds from Select Seeds. They are growing amongst some white and purple Alyssum. I'm pretty pleased with this combo.