I placed my long-lived cactuses outside today for their summer sojourn. This year they're on tree stumps next to the shade garden. Dragonwing Begonias join them after wintering over inside once again. All photos clickable to enlarge, as always.
My pink African violets are producing like crazy now.
Shade garden and beyond. That's an ancient pink azalea shrub, which almost resembles a laurel bush until it blooms.
Fun with Photoshop filters. Another shot of my beautiful (if I do say so myself, lol) purple violets. They're in a single indoor garden pot along with a second variety of purple and the pink seen in this post, too.
Looking slightly north this view includes the tiny road to town. In the distance is some Land Trust acreage and then a condominium.
Slightly longer view shows the fuzzy dark green foliage of this pink violet.
Just beautiful, Casey! I love the vibrant colors of everything here. I have a 4'x 8' raised garden in our back yard. Our property is half an acre. I have always planted veggies in the garden but this year I'm going to experiment with blooming flowers and coleus. I love coleus'! I can't plant until the last week of May because our annual vacation to the Outer Banks falls on the third week of May. I have no idea what to plant but it'll be fun trying things out, don't you think? You have inspired me!
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Hi Katie! thanks, I really like Coleus, too! I have a native plant that looks just like a dark red coleus. It's called Perilla and is invasive but I just plant it where it can go wild. Here's hoping for a colorful summer! I'll be trying to do the most with the least, as usual, this year, lol!
DeleteSPRING HAS SPRUNG AT YOUR HOUSE AND AS USUAL IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I PUT A BIRDFEEDERUP THIS YEAR THAT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER GAVE ME ON MOTHERS DAY. I'VE HAD MANY COUPLES FLY INTO THE BIRDBATH BUT ONLY THE BLUEJAYS [MR. AND MRS.] PLUS THE CARDINAL GO TO THE FEEDER. THEY ALL LOVE THE BIRDBATH AND COME SERVERAL TIMES A DAY FOR THEIR PLAYTIME. THEN SOMERIMES THEY STAY AWAY. I DON'T GET IT. I JUST ENJOY WHENEVER THEY STOP IN FOR A VISIT.
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Hi Granny! I'll have more flower photos up soon. I've had a lot of projects to do for work and just have been swamped. I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Get better soon! -casey
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