This Year's Flower Garden

I'm finally seeing some progress in my flower garden this year! We haven't had much hot weather at all, so the growing has been S-L-O-W.

Below we have morning glories (Grandpa Ott variety - purple heirloom) climbing up one of the trellises that Dad made . In front of them is a row of zinnias, and in front of them a row of larkspur and rudbekia (which is a yellow flower related to black-eyed-susans).

On the other side we have some wind-blown sweet peas climbing up another trellis. In front of them is a row of a different kind of zinnia and in front of them is another row of larkspur. In the big gray pot next to the sweet peas is a climbing pink jasmine plant that we've had for a few years.

Close-up of the zinnias:

Asters

Zinnia

Larkspur

And my first sunflower that bloomed!

We have more flowers than this, but that's all the pics I have for now!

Signs of Spring

The infrared mix sunflowers I planted last week started to come up yesterday (on Mother's Day)!


The delphiniums that took soooooo long to grow last year have exploded recently. They're going to produce a TON of flowers this spring.

At Last...

Way back in June this year I planted all the flower seeds in our backyard. After 5 long months of growing, the delphiniums have finally bloomed! I don't know why they took soooo long; maybe because they needed richer soil. In any case, we are enjoying them now. Hopefully the frost won't kill them right away. :-)

Morning Dewdrops

On this second day of fall, I woke up to frost on my bedroom window. Today, frost is a good thing because it means the sun is out and the clouds are gone. This morning the flowers in our backyard looked stunning covered in dewdrops, so I took some pics of them (all are clickable).

Here are some of the gorgeous sparkling purple asters:

Pink asters:

"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all." 1 Chronicles 29:11 (Authorized KJV)