Garden Sightings

I know. I have committed the ultimate blogger’s sin. I haven’t written a post in days!!

Well, I’m not going to make any excuses. I’m just going show you some garden pictures that I’ve taken around my home during the past 2 weeks. I've gotten some work done in the yard and lots of things have sprouted and even bloomed. Here's a look:

My HUGE knockout rose. It is so big (at least 4 feet tall and wide) and beautiful, and I'm a little afraid I might lose it when the work crews start digging the pool in a couple of weeks. I'm going to do all I can to save it because I'm not sure it will transplant well at this size. It sits outside my bedroom window where I sit at the computer. I absolutely love looking at it!

These are Oxeye Daisies. They are my first bloomers every spring. If you don't dead-head them faithfully, they will proliferate like crazy! This batch started with one 4-inch pot! Believe it or not, I have thinned this out several times. I'm sure mine would have a longer bloom time if I were better about dead-heading, but what can I say. Life just gets in the way sometimes and I end up with fewer flowers and loads of seeds!

This is the best my Clematis has ever looked! I planted it 2 years ago and it took awhile for it to take off. I wanted a smaller vine that would help camoflauge the air conditioner without becoming a nuisance. It's finally starting to do it's job. Now I just wish it were closer to the patio so I could enjoy looking at it every day! Guess I'll have to plant another one!

This Spiderwort plant is the offspring of a passalong that I got from a Master Gardener friend. It's indigo blooms are always some of the first to show up in spring.

I couldn't resist adding an image with my sweet little kitty cat! She's almost 15 years old and still prowling around my garden. The purplish-pink blooms are creeping phlox and the ornamental grasslike foliage in the bed behind her are heirloom daylilies from a garden club plant sale. They have been some of the hardiest plants I own. They aren't as showy as some of the newer hybrids, but a very reliable, low-maintenance plant.

I like this shot because of the stone horned frog in the background. (Go TCU!) In the forefront are blue salvia and guara. Both do well in this front bed that gets nothing but full sun all day.

Unfortunately, I had the camera on the wrong setting when I took this picture (I hate it when that happens!). I'm posting it anyway because my adorable daughter is standing next to one of my favorite sights of spring -- azaleas at my mother-in-law's house. I'll be going back there to re-shoot them because she has at least three huge azaleas that never cease to amaze me. They are fantastic!

Happy Spring y'all!