It's Blog Time

We got about three and half inches of rain over the weekend and the cold and dark hasn't left yet. I took a walk around the yard tonight and it was still soggy. The plants are loving all of this moisture. Here's what's blooming this week. Everything looks so fresh that it's almost addicting to take the photos. I'm not sure where to stop sometimes. I really have to edit them down for the blog this time of year.

Rose Campion finally blooming. I've had trouble getting this started in my garden. Seems to be nearly invasive for others.

Kousa dogwood

In the forefront, a sedum variety that is unknown. In the back, October Daphne, another type of sedum.  Sense a trend?  How can anyone resist them?  They're drought tolerant and so interesting!

Viburnum Summer Snowflake -- blooms throughout the summer and fairly drought tolerant once established.

I'm doing my part to support the Monarch butterflies... are you???

More of the yellow sedum shown a few photos above. This is a pretty large patch and the whole thing starts to literally glow right before it reaches peak bloom.

This is the septic tank garden... it hasn't gotten any love since we moved in.  It is the home to "extra" plants that I can't figure out where else to put.  Finally mulched and weeded, looks so much better.

My fig tree is very happy.  It is full of figs.

These roses looked better before the rain.  This variety is called "Roseberry Blanket".

This is a different carpet rose than shown above.  I'm not sure what it's called but I love the flowers.

Blueberries!

Blackberries!

And finally... I'll leave you with a poolside retreat :-)