Happy September GBBD!!!!

 Happy GBBD!!!!

The weather we are having here in Austin is incredible!  It is cool, we got rain, what more can a person ask for????

All the flowers are blooming away in celebration.  The Leonotis are rockin' and rollin'.

 The Coneflowers are brilliantly purple.

 The Hibiscus are huge and happy- I love the velvet like centers!!

 The Plumbago are hard to beat- steady little bloomers.

The Maples are turning colors - fall is near!!!!

 The Tropical Sage are blooming away in the front bed.

 The Salvia leucantha are full of blooms.

 The Beach Vitex- one of my favorites.  

 The Thyrallis are such a vibrant yellow- I love how they look next to the Salvia Mystic Spires.

 The Desert Rose has been showing off all week.

 The Fall Asters are blooming- fall is here and or near!

 The Prides are still blooming away in the fence bed.

 The Cherry Barbados are in full bloom- so pretty.

 The Cassias are full of bees and full of blooms.

 The American Beautyberries are full of berries. 

 The Philippine Violets are in full bloom as well. 

 The Hummingbird Bush are a Hook Em' orange.  Love it!

Hope everyone is having a great GBBD!  Thanks to May Dreams Gardens for hosting!!

Happy GBBD June 2012!

Happy GBBD June 2012!

 I have to admit, today was rushed.  I didn't realize it was the 15th and I have had about 3 seconds to take pictures lately so I grabbed the camera and snapped some shots - hope you enjoy!  Sorry if it seems a little thrown together but all shots were shot this morning between customers, but I got it done!!!

Above- I started out at the front gate and went from there, the Kalanchoe in the front planter is blooming- love that little guy!!!

The front outside bed has Globe Mallow going nuts with color- one of my favorites- easy tough little plant. 

 The Cholla is blooming in the front bed as well, as is the Mexican Bird of Paradise (below).

 The Shrimp Plant and the Thyrallis are blooming away in the front sign beds.  

 As is the Brazilian Pavonia.  The Birds of Paradise next to the fence are bursting with color- both plantings of it- love that stuff!!!  

 The little Blackfoot Daisy are happy as can be in the "desert bed" along with the Palo Verde- those little yellow blooms are like saucers!  You can see them from far away!

 The Tecoma and the American Beautyberry are doing their thing in the side bed. 

 The Antigonon is covering the fence and blooming away- such subtle sweet little blooms.

 And next to the Antigonon is the Mexican Flame Vine, a personal favorite and hard one to beat- such vibrant color!!!!  

 The Rock Rose Pavonia and Cigar Plant are happy and blooming in the side bed as well, I featured more on this bed this time as it always seems to get skipped.

 The Turk's Cap out front is coming into bloom again and this little guy below was watching me today as I was pruning the Pavonia- had to let you all see him- he was so funny- he kept hopping from leaf to leaf following me.  Just glad he didn't hop on me!!!! I know he is small but I still didn't want a spider on me.....  His green eyes were cool though.

 And just a shot of the front pot by the door- I am happy with the planting- everything is filling in and doing well.

Hope everyone had/has a great GBBD!!!!  Thanks to May at May Dreams Gardens for hosting.

GBBD October 2011

 Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!!!

The Leonotis is blooming away in the front bed.  I love it when they get two and three little "lion's heads" on them.  (They call it a Lion's Tail, but to me I think it should be a Lion's Head.....)

 The Fairy Dusters seem happy- we just planted a new bed up earlier this week and this is in there and appears to be quite content.

 The Mexican Flame Vine is such a bright and happy vine- on certain days the entire fence is a solid orange- LOVE IT!   This particular shot has some of the Purple Fountain Grass blooms in it- I planted one in that bed- hopefully it will last through the winter but if not I like the way it has looked in there the last few months and looking forward to enjoying it while I can.

 The Mexican Bush Sage is blooming away- a good ol' standby.

 I love the classic look of the Iceberg Rose.  It seems happy and thriving in the side bed.

 The Bower Vine is taking off on the fence and blooming away.

The Butterfly Bush - what is there to say- there is no wonder that the vibrant purple attracts the butterflies.

 The Bougainvillea is stunning and I love the variegated leaves on this variety.  Very unique.

 The Thyrallis and the Mystic Spires Salvia looks so beautiful together.  They both are thriving in the front bed.   

 And without further ado- introducing Bosephus.  He joined us last week and at first Huey was not very polite but has seemed to leave him alone now.  I was about to put Huey in the corner!  I was told to "change up the environment in the tank" so I did and I do believe it helped.  Everyone seems to be getting along.

Tuesday Tidbits

The Cereus have bloomed- this is one of about 50 more blooms to come- they are completely loaded with blooms.  I have never seen them so full of blooms.  This week I have been arriving early just so I can see them all.  Today one is open, looks like about 4 will be waiting for me in the morning.  The bees are already at work and happy.

This is such an interesting Kalanchoe to me- it looks like a Venus Fly Trap.  We have several Kalanchoes but this is the most interesting I think.

I am happy to report that the front bed is full of the ice plant and the Calandrinia that I planted in there in February is big and full and happy.  I can't wait for it to bloom again.  I am still happy with this arrangement- everything in this bed is happy and getting along beautifully.

The Large Cigar Plants are beginning to bloom- I have been waiting to see these in person and it was worth the wait. No wonder they call this variety Candy Corn!

The Yellow Trumpet Vine is thriving and full of blooms- I like the orange one as well but the yellow is stunning to me.

And last but not least is a shot of my latest arrangement - I must admit I am happy with the way it turned out.  I like how the colors all seem to bounce off each other.  I have the St. Elmo Firecracker Ferns at the front, the Yucca rigida behind, then the Salvia Black and Blue then the Thyrallis.  Behind the Thyrallis is the Bottle Brush which started coming into bloom yesterday.