Blooms

A disappointing spring.  I should have had three times the amount of foxgloves, but that bitter weekend near zero this winter took its toll on my seedlings.  
 

                        I know I swore once I got to NC I would never cross the GA line again, but for some reason I had the urge to do the Atlanta Botanical Mother's Day Garden tour.  Well, wouldn't you know it, because of the winter record lows we had, they canceled because of so many wounded or dead plants. Guess I wasn't the only one that lost a lot. Maybe next year which is the 40th anniversary.

     I was so excited that a handful of poppies made it, but when they bloomed my heart sunk, they were red. I had ordered Royal Wedding poppies, they weren't easy to find, black and white, not a one bloomed.  Guess I'll try again next year.

                   Sweet Williams did a little better being in a valley.

           Just planted petunias in the hummingbird planter

                                   Always love the moss in the brick courtyard this time of year.

   My neighbors got a group of "goats for hire", it's a big thing around here to get rid of bamboo and kudzu.  They broke through and came over to our property. 

    I was actually glad they did and wanted them to stay in this area a while and clear it out for me, but Timber had other plans.

                              He chased them off.  

     The cold had no effect on daisies.  I have more than enough.  I did, however, get them out of my veg patch so I could grow my tomatoes and cucumbers and herbs.

    They are free to expand outside my veg garden!