My apologies to folks who saw my post before I had any text...or maybe it was more pleasant just perusing the pictures and not having to read my garden drivel.
Anywho, I'm here now and ready to write!
Apparently all of the rain dancers, rants, raves and prayers of us Central Texans in the drought have been heard because we have been having some absolutely fantastic rains down here. Whatever type you may want. Torrential. Slow and steady. Misty. They have all visited us at some time or another in the past few weeks. And so the gardens have come back to life. Hot and cold temps (this week we have everything from the 60s to the 90s). But the plants love it.
My morning glory and clematis on the trellises have returned and are showing off their variety of purple colors. Pink zinnias have been popping back up all over and
moxing with the orange
bulbine.
The
abutilon, with its delicate
chinese-lantern type flowers is just starting to give some blooms, the first since I planted it. I am hoping for many more from this beautiful addition.
The native garden has really been filling in and some of the plants are even encroaching on the walkway. All the plants here are deer-resistant, an extremely important trait in my
heighborhood. if you don't have a fence around parts of your garden. Here you see the white
allium going to seed in the front, with
artemesia, bamboo
muhley and
salvias in the back.
Oh, my bat-faced
cuphea. How I love you. Just had to take a shot of all the little bats staring out at me from the garden today. Aren't they amazing? There must be 200 blooms on the plant right now.
An ornamental Pennisetum grass called "
Fireworks" sets off the
esperanza. I will be curious to see if the grass survives the winter as purple fountain grasses are questionable in their hardiness here.
Gulf
muhley and Mexican bush sage set off the silver
ponyfoot around my pig corral (with my little Buddha keeping his back turned to the pigs).
Gulf
muhley, just gorgeous with moisture drops hanging off of it.
And finally, a parting shot of my little
buddha, casting his blessing over the garden.
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10 comments:
You have a very beautiful garden. I love the morning glory climbing your archway.
I really like your combination of close and medium shots to get a better feel for your very pretty gardens!
Nice grasses. I'm growing to like grasses better and better. Love the mickey mouse faces, too.
Some of my best ideas and plants came from Texas gardeners. Happy Bloom Day.
Thanks everyone! Nell, so funny that you call them Mickey Mouse faces. Down here in Austin we're so bat-crazy it would never occur to us that they were anything but bats!
Your gardens are just great!!
The Muhly is beautiful. I wish it was hardier. Great shot of the cute little Cuphea.
Bonnie, The garden looks alive and happy! Yippee. Love the bat faced cuhea and abutillon. gail
I like the shot of your plant combinations. They really compliment each other. Gulf coast muhly is my favorite grass. That abutilon is so perfect for the fall with its pumpkin color.
What a wonderful garden! The abutilon is really special - and the little bats? I'd love those too! They're very cute. Love the whimsies in your garden.
Love the textures in your Muhly, ponyfoot & Salvia leucantha combination, Bonnie!
I think of them as batfaces, too, but have seen some pastel Cupheas called 'Tiny Mice'. Wonder if anyone has used them for landscaping at Disney World?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
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