My husband plants a lot of the same plants each year.. plants we love like petunias and verbena..
but he always enjoys adding something new to the mix. This years newbie is Agapanthus.. Lily of the Nile. These plants grow sooo tall! We have to whose blooms are just about to open that are easily 3 feet or more. We have 2 others (pictured below) that are not as tall and have nice open blooms. I love the soft lavender / lilac color.
We have Asiatic Jasmine in our bed and I love it! It has spread and filled in some bare spots and is so rich and lush with color. I really do love it!
And I shared earlier about our confederate jasmine. It continues to grow and bloom profusely! Love it too!
When we planted these beds years ago, my husband's new discovery was Anthony Waterer Spirea. We planted two and have enjoyed watching them grow and bloom with these bright pinky-purple flowers.
A few years later we planted a third... only to discover its blooms are white and a lighter purple. We love them both.
As always I have herbs growing and yes, I use them in cooking! In fact last weekend our son used some of the mint to make Blueberry-Mint-Lemonade. I, for some reason, failed to snap a photo of the mint or the oregano... but here are the other 3 we have this year..
Isn't this thyme lovely.. so green!
Rosemary... one of my favorites!
Basil... ranks up there with Rosemary! I use a bunch of both of these,
While out in the yard, I noticed the blue birds going in and out of the house. Couldn't catch the Mr. but got a nice shot of the Mrs.
The day before these photos were taken we had some rain and wind. Our River Birches always loose some twigs and such. A nice size limb fell that day. Mia had to investigate, but deemed it safe and went on to better things.
Be Joy-filled!
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