Springtime!

SPRING IS HERE!

Well, I think it's here.  We almost got down to freezing yesterday morning, and I had to cover everything up with sheets just to make sure it didn't all freeze.  But I'm really having fun working on this part of my backyard garden.  I still have lots of work to do, but it's getting there.  I've been working on this for the last few weeks, and it's starting to look good.  I really enjoy working out in this are when the weather is nice.

Below are some closer pictures of some of the flowers I've planted.  Some are perrennial so they should come back each year.  But I like color, so I'll be adding annual plants each year to fill in blank spots.

Here's a few things I've planted:  Salvia, Zinnia, Marigolds, Verbena, Hibiscus, Pentas, Daylillies, Croton, Periwinkles and a few others that I've forgotten.  Now I just hope I can keep them alive when the summer heat hits.  I've also added about 100 plugs of grass in my backyard, but it'll take a few months for that to take hold and really start spreading.

One more thing, I put a small concrete frog in the garden.  It belonged to Mimi, and I think she would like that I have it out there in a happy place!

I really like these blue plants.  The taller ones are some type of Salvia and the blue in the back are called Delphinium.  I don't know if they'll grow, but the color was so cool I wanted them!

There's Mimi's frog in the picture above.  I may have to add a little more around it, to make it look right.

This water feather has been here for five years now.  I did have to replace the pump last year, but those are cheap.  I just put a new light on it so it shows up better at night.  I'll need to get in there to hide the cord and maybe add a little more color to the area.

The daffodils have already bloomed, and are just kind of hanging out for now.  I'll clip those back in a few weeks, and add some more color in this place.  I might add a few more daylillies, as those will come back each year.