Garden Bloggers Bloom Day Feb 2012

Happy GBBD February 2012!

 The Gazania are full of blooms- I have always found these to be such intriguing flowers.  They are so exotic.  Love em'!

 The Giant Ligularia are hard to beat- the one in the front bed is still going strong and so hard to find things that bloom in the shade.  Always been a favorite.

 The Spring Bouquet Viburnum are in bloom- I don't normally post them but felt they deserved to be featured.

 The Rosemary are busting with color and the bees couldn't be happier!

 The Euphorbia are loving the front bed I put them in.  They have doubled in size in no time!

 The Mountain Laurels are beginning to open up- oh the sweet fragrance!!!!

 The 'Midnight' Salvia are always a show stopper.

 The limes are setting and blooming away.  Love the fragrance of the citrus blooms. 

 The Verbena are blooming away- always been a fan of the purple.

 The Carolina Jessamine are blooming away- trying to figure out where I want to plant this vine.....

And last but not least, the Euryops are blooming away as always.  Not necessarily my favorite plant, but it is great for color.

Hope everyone has a great GBBD!!!  Visit May Dreams Gardens and see what's blooming all over the place!!

Monday Monday

Happy Monday to all and hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!

It was chilly here this morning but is absolutely beautiful right now.

I walked around and got a few shots of some little show-off's I thought I'd share.

The Kalanchoes continue to be my favorite- the first photo and the one above being two of them.  I like how this one has the little "fangs" on the underside of it's leaves- hence what I would imagine is why it got it's name.

 The 'Midnight' Salvia is bursting with color- such a radiant purple.  I like both, hard to choose between this and the traditional one with the purple and white.

 The Mandarin Oranges are just about ready to eat.  Can't wait!!!

 The Mexican Flame Vine has finally burst with color on our side of the fence- forever it seemed it was solid orange on the other side but now we are getting it's showy self- the one at the entrance is loaded with blooms- can't wait for that either!

 The Cigar Plant is blooming below the flame vine and I love how it picks up on the orange- it makes it showier.

 The Possumhaw are doing their thing.

 The Valencia Oranges are turning and will be ready soon!

 The Chrysanthemum pacificum are beginning to bloom.  I will admit, I was not so impressed with this plant at first, but it is growing on me- I like the silver on the backs of the leaves the most.

 The 'Black Scallop' Ajuga are blooming away and looking pretty as ever.

And last but not least, I just can't pass up a Maple leaf.  These little guys are a deep maroon and just scream fall to me.