The iris are blooming! Flowering iris always make me think of my Grandma Steinhauser. She had a wide range of iris, but many were this pale purple or lavender shade. She had them along the sides of driveway, the shed and in her “English” garden.…
Oh my goodness! Can you believe the color on these Joseph’s Coat climbing roses? And the phone photo does not do it justice at all! Such a gorgeous array of colors all on one plant! These roses are so eye-catching! The roses change color –…
I just love the spring and watching the yard come alive with color! Our honeysuckle vines are now blooming – and look at those beautiful colors! The orange trumpets with yellow centers against the dark green foliage is so eye catching. These blooms will often attract hummingbirds to your garden.
The trumpet honeysuckle produces orange-red flowers in the spring, and then will rebloom again during the summer.
These climbing ornamental vines are easy to grow. They thrive in sun or shade. They do best in well-drained soils, but will tolerate poor soils. They will need pruning in the spring, but they will regrow quickly the next year.
You can train them on a trellis or let the honeysuckle ramble as ground cover. We found this little church birdhouse at a store in Rocheport several years ago and it just seems like the perfect focal point amidst the flowering vines.
Enjoy the spring!
Are you like me – as soon as we have a few warm spring days, I start looking around to see what I can plant? I love walking through the plant nurseries and the gardening sections of stores – so many lovely plants, gorgeous flowers,…
I forgot to take a picture of our Mimosa Tree when it was in full bloom, but it still looks really pretty! This is a fast growing tree and it is tolerant of our cold Missouri winters. The blooms appear between May and August on…
Is it time to add a pop of color to your landscaping? This weekend, we stopped at a greenhouse and I found some gorgeous perennial plants that I decided I needed to add to our yard.
It started when I saw these “Hot and Cold Red Hot Poker” (Pyromania) plants. These will definitely add a little drama to your landscape. Their spiky flowers are are tangerine, orange and cream on a grassy foliage. They should grow up to 30-36 inches. The “False Sunflowers” (Tuscan Gold) added such a pretty shade of yellow and looked so pretty with them.
And of course, it is hard to resist a bright coneflower! These are a mixed strain, with shades of reddish-orange and pinkish red. Coneflowers also come in a variety of heights, this one is a shorter one.
Love these incredible colors! They really brightened up our corner.
These should require a minimum of care and come back each year. Deadheading them will create a longer blooming time.
Always fun to “play in the dirt.” Enjoy being outside and adding beautiful flowers to your yard and garden.
Add charm to your landscaping with old-fashioned Morning Glories. They are one of the easiest flowering vines to grow. The Morning Glory colors are vibrant and range from pink, purple-blue, magenta to white. The blooms have beautiful trumpet-shaped blossoms. Morning Glories grow best and bloom…
Coneflowers are so pretty! Most of mine are Purple Coneflowers, which have purple-pink petals around an orange center. They are available in many different colors now – red, orange, pink and white. They grow about 2 to 4 feet tall. Coneflowers have daisy-like flowers and…
How often are you walking through a nursery, park, or neighborhood and thought to yourself – “What is that plant?” The “Picture This” app may just be what you need. You take a photo of the plant and it instantly identifies the plant, gives you information about that plant – including the care requirements, and lets you view a gallery of similar plants.
You can also save the photos you take, send them to a friend, or make a poster with them.
The link to the app is:https://www.picturethisai.com/
Since there are not many flowers blooming yet, I just took a photo of the daffodils I brought it and clicked the poster option.
The app is free for the first 10 photos. Then if you want to subscribe, the rate is $1.99 a week, $3.99 for a month or $19.99 for a year.
Have fun playing with this. Enjoy!
We had some beautiful days this week! It was so nice to be able to go outside and start the spring cleaning! Mowed the yard – love the smell of freshly mowed grass! Then raked, and raked, and raked! At last when you are spring…
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