Wednesday, June 29, 2011

JUNE 2011

Easter Lily
Cone Flowers

Calla Lily
Homestead Tomatoes
Daylilies


Provence Lavender

The garden is in full bloom, daylilys, crepe Myrtle, huge perennial Hibiscus in red & pink, roses coming back for their 2nd bloom. I have gathered several large bunches of glorious Lavender and it is drying ready to make my lavender sachets. But the deer are having a ball!! They ate 10 tomatoes the other night where I had left my potted tomatoes plants on the front path to get more sun, sure enough they found them and they were large green tomatoes just ready to turn red :~( oh well what can I do. They also ate all the tomatoes off the large plant I had my trusty helper Juan plant near my compost heat, so I rushed out to buy netting and when I got home they had eaten all the leaves too, and my yellow daylilys. I love the deer so I'm not going to get upset. Its very hot outside these days so my time out in the garden is early and not for long. I can see several little cucumbers growing, & lots of flowers for my summer squash & zuccini, so there is hope but not much sun back there.

Monday, June 6, 2011

The May garden in the South

Tiger Lily's



I want to go to the beach but I don't want to leave my flowers isn't that ridiculous!


Glorious Gardenias


Hydrangeas are beautiful this year!

My ? Beach Rose


Calla Lily's dotted around the garden

The deepest Blue Hydrangeas ever!


Pure White Hydrangeas under the Curly Red Willow
We have had very little rain and it has been very hot. A lot of dead heading and weeding. But loving the bounty of glorious flowers I see every day. The greatest joy is from the volunteers that spring up in the strangest places. Miniature petunias growing out of my brick steps, and in pots I've planted other things in. This year I am growing cucumbers and they are beginning to show tiny fruits!