The gardenias are fabulous this year! Fragrance is incredible!

Pomegranate blooms

This white foxglove was especially beautiful!

Yellow lilies with Russian sage behind

2 yr old Hydrangea

Huge red flowering perennial hibiscus


Blue Chaste Tree. This is from a 2 yr old cutting. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite shrub/trees!

I could hate you for having such beautiful 4 o'clocks, I love them but being 2 zones colder than you, I have to start them new from seeds every spring and they never get as tall, full and beautiful as yours.

What you call Blue Chaste Tree, I call vitex. It's not suppose to grow in my area, but no one ever told mine. But again, since it dies back to the ground every winter, it never gets as big as yours.

Thanks for sharing the pics, I really enjoyed them.

I have not learned to put mygarden photos onto the web yet silly me for sure as is so nice to see other gardens.

Bill
I was hoping to see a Brugmansia update from you. How are the dears that you take such good care of, doing at this time.
Brugmansia I mean.

I will try to post some pics of my flowers to share too.

Hey, why don't all of us here try to post some photos of stuff in our yards to help brighten each other's day?

P.S. Hope you feel better. Will keep you in prayer. :)

Glad to hear your angels are budding up! Should be a spectacular show soon! Mine has 4 buds on it now & it looks like the baby brug growing next to it in its pot is starting to put out a bud. Been giving mine liquid MG every wk along with a seaweed & fish emulsion every 2 wks. The stench of that stuff is enough to gag a maggot but it's an oldie but goodie in my arsenal lol. I also added some Tomato Tone to the soil & they really seem to enjoy it. Both plants are growing like weeds & have nice dark green foliage. I noticed something's been eating some of the leaves & since I never see any bugs on it in the daytime (my mockingbird keeps the brug bug free in the daytime LOL), I suspect it only comes out at night to do its damage. I put sticky tape around the base of each branch in the hopes of catching the pest but have only caught a leafhopper & some beetles; the leaf muncher is still at large. I usually use organic methods of pest control but this yr, because of the weather we've had, none of it has been very effective & at this point time has become crucial in trying to get a handle on things before I start losing plants outright so unfortunately I must resort to breaking out the big guns. Was thinking of using Bayer 2-n-1 rose systemic (in the big blue jug) or Sevin powder to combat the little bugger(s) eating my brug but I'm not sure if I can use such on it now since it's forming buds (?). Have you ever used either of these products on your angels?

You sound like me ("I've loved growing flowers since I was a little girl"). There's something very tranquil about looking out a window or sitting on a porch & viewing the beauty of nature.

Yikes! 106 degrees! How did y'all fair with those nasty storms that rolled through last wk? Hope you're o.k. We've had temps in the 90's-100's off & on but thank the good Lord we get a sea breeze coming in every day around 2pm which helps cool things down a bit. I feel horrible for those poor souls that are still w/o power! Prayers go out for them. My veggie garden isn't doing too well this yr but I'll make the most of it. After I rip it out in the fall, I'm going to try turning it into a compost pit so it can overwinter & then come spring Lord willing my soil should be ready for happy days again!

Here's what I've got going on over yonder:
Purple iris

Peruvian daffodil

My beloved black dahlia

Took this 2 yrs ago. First toad I'd seen in over 30 yrs

Peek-a-boo

My lil Lamb

View from flybridge of harbor sunset PTL!

Have a great day! ((hugs))

Rena'

Seriously though I am very sorry to hear that you hurt your hips. The curve balls that life throws sometimes are just no fun. And yes it seems you have one more trial soon to be added to your one more miracle pile. Be encouraged "this too shall pass." Believe me I know how frustrating it is when you can't do what you want to & need to do. Sometimes I ask the Lord don't I have enough patience yet? lol But we are never forsaken nor forgotten even though sometimes it may seem that way. That's why we need one another to help carry each others burdens to tell one another that "hey you are going to make it!" And #1 to pray for one another.
United we stand divided we fall! That is why the enemy works overtime trying to divide us.

I lost my sight for colors for a long time so the colors of flowers and even the greenness of grass I find breathtakingly beautiful! People that don't know me well look at me cross eyed when I go on and on about the beauty even in grass. lol Looking for the praise report on your hips Kathy!

Rena'

By the way- soon I will ride around on my garden tractor and have my 4 gal sprayer of Round up- that will kill those weeds! Thanks for the offer though, I really appreciate it!:) Feel free to visit my Facebook page- Gardens by Kasha- it's open to the public. Thanks!

Congrats on your veggie garden going strong! Have you had any harvest yet? I got a few cukes, peppers, & tomatoes. I've had my heart set on some zucchini parm but don't know if I'm going to get any yield yet. Got flowers but no fruit yet. Been keeping a watchful eye for vine borers & so far so good. There's a nice fat eggplant hanging out but it needs to get bigger before I can pick it. Just hope the raccoons, possum, or squirrels don't get to it before I do! Can't wait to see pictures of your angel's when they bloom! That's awesome that they grew so vigorously after being cuttings from last year. I'm definitely going to put mine in the ground next yr. The pot I put mine in has become WAY too heavy now for me to move so I've been wheeling it onto my patio on a hand cart whenever nasty weather's expected.

I would love to give you a peruvian daffodil but so far I've only got the one plant this yr. I know it should multiply next yr so come then I should have a plant to share :-). Will def keep you posted. In the meantime if I come across some bulbs I'll pick them up for you. We usually get them at Costco. Everything we've ever bought from there has bloomed better than the stuff from our high end nurseries.

I honestly have no idea why the toads disappeared from my area. Sad though. I can remember catching a whole horse trough full of them, some of them were as big as my hand. My sister & I tried to keep them as pets but Dad told us they'd be happier being free so we'd always let them loose in the garden. Never had a pest problem back then. Now that my area has changed & the neighbors have become pesticide happy, I guess the toads either died or moved on to safer pastures. My yard is the only one that's organic. I only use something harsh as a VERY last resort (& even then I get the heebie jeebies about it). I keep my yard neat & clean but also as natural & woodland-like as possible, so it was a real treat seeing that little toad. Your mockingbirds sound like a fun pair! Mine just had 2 chicks. We raised our male ("Baby") after he was almost hit by a landscaping truck. I had to run out to scoop him up out of the street. Ever since then, he always comes back every yr with his mate "Pretty Girl" for peanut butter. They both come when called & even bring their chicks around as if they're showing them off to us. Speaking of which, how's that little sparrow doing? Have her chicks hatched? That is very sad about her mate!

Thank God your sons are o.k. after those nasty storms! My friend's son & family had no power for over a wk in W.VA. I heard there's still folks w/o power.

Thank you kindly for your advice Re:my brug! Truly appreciate it! I do have those white cabbage moths flying around. I'm going to take your advice & get some of that BT as a safe guard. Saw a brand called Safer caterpillar killer w/BT in it - would that be o.k.? Thank you also for the info about the homemade pest remedy too! Exactly how much ammonia should I use? It's in the 80's today on L.I. w/high humidity. My brug is hanging out in its spot & 3 of its buds are starting to unfurl. A garden spider has taken up residence amongst its branches & I couldn't be happier since its presence has been keeping away (for now) whatever was eating my brug's leaves.

Have a happy day my friend! God bless & keep you (((hugs)))

Love everything in your garden.TFS
Kathi