the ultimate snowball

I love these Texas Spring Snowballs!  Viburnums are the best this year especially!

is spring finally here?

I do looooooooooooooove spring!!!

snowball bush pre bloom

last fall i planted 100 daffodils

my new tomato place

chinese pistachio is budding

lettuce, spinach, broccoli and cabbage

these are the daffodils i planted in 2005

when we moved into our house

this years neon yellow

cool front expected this weekend,

bring out the buckets to cover tomatoes!!

Zephrine sweet rose

Here are the buttercups that I have been fighting all spring. Still going strong as I keep pulling! Snowball bush is in full show!
Best for last...here is my sweet beautiful rose, the zephrine rose.

It covers the arbor in the backyard.

Both sides are exquisite!

Monday mosey

My Snowball bush in the front yard is in its glory! This is its 3rd year and I am loving it. The blooms start out lime green and turn white as they mature. Viburnum is definately worth its weight in gold.
Waiting to be potted is this beautiful, vibrant geranium, Burgandy Regal Geranium. I was given this by my wonderful Mother-in-law (fellow gardener) for Easter. I simply love it and hope it does well in the pretty pot my mother gave me.

Pictured here is the Old blush in the front side yard that jumped the fence. It was planted the first spring that we moved into our home in 2005. I am pleased with how well it has adapted. I am not pleased with how the neighbors continue to cut off the side that is growing in their direction. It is lopsided now because of this, so I am thinking of just training it into an archway over the gate. The sweet smell is addicting.

Here is the load of rocks that I gathered. These are the leftovers from all around the new developing areas. I walked and lifted and loaded to save these from being buried under dirt. I am going to use them to make a border for my NE side garden.


This is my May Night Salvia that I saved from my aunts garden before she moved from her house. The butterlies and hummingbirds just love it. This flower is very hardy and takes very little water.
My homestead purple verbena (I think that is what it is called) is putting on quite the show this year and is borderline overwhelming to the other plantings around it. I do appreciate the color it adds to the garden.