Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – October

Published on: October 15, 2010December 30, 2015 by catballou24 4 Comments

Another month of blooms! Thank you Carol at May Dreams Gardens for the inspiration. Go see what other people have blooming this month!

Peace!

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – September 2010

Published on: September 15, 2010December 30, 2015 by catballou24 4 Comments

September has turned out to be spectacular! Lots of good rain, cooler temps and blooms galore.

Thank you Carol over at May Dream Gardens for hosting the GBBD! Check out everyone’s blooms over there.

Peace!

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – July 2010

Published on: July 15, 2010December 30, 2015 by catballou24 7 Comments

Here are the blooms that are decorating our garden today. We have had an amazing summer so far. Temps have been great, lots of rain even into this month. Everything is growing and happy. After last year’s death ray heat, everything and everybody here are breathing little grateful sighs to the weather gods for being kind to us this year. I have alot more flowering plants than I photographed, but since there are alot of photos to begin with I thought I’d better not push it. Hah!

After you are done here, go check out Carol’s blog at May Dream Gardens and see where all this began! Enjoy!

Peace!

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – June 2010

Published on: June 15, 2010December 30, 2015 by catballou24 3 Comments

Everything is in full swing here. The summertime heat is creeping up the dial, so it won’t be too much longer before things start to wilt, but for now we’ve been really lucky with the rain this month. Here are the blooms that are decorating our garden today. After you are done here, go check out Carol’s blog at May Dream Gardens and see where all this began! Enjoy!

Peace!

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – March 2010

Published on: March 15, 2010December 30, 2015 by catballou24 2 Comments

Ah! The feeling of Spring is upon us. Plants are waking up and lots of growth has occurred in the last week with the warmer weather. I’m not fooled, we may still get one more freeze but I’m hedging my bets that it will be mild if at all. (Don’t tell anyone, but I went ahead and put 2 tomato plants in the ground..shhh!). My seeds are finally sprouting as well, the animals are shedding and chickens are laying. We all have a bit of Spring fever and have been diving into our projects with renewed energy…that is, when we are not sitting on the front porch marveling at all the growth and feeling of newness in the air.

So here is my entry for the GBBD this month. Thank you Carol at May Dream Gardens for starting and hosting this monthly tradition. Go check out the other gardener’s and be inspired by all the color that is bursting forth.

Peace!

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – October 2009

Published on: October 15, 2009December 30, 2015 by catballou24 6 Comments

Not many pictures today as the batteries died on my camera, but I did manage to get a few lovelies who have been very happy with all the rain we’ve received. Thank you Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting this! Check out everyone’s blossoms when you get a chance…

Verbena

Yellow Blooming Bulbine

Yellow Esperanza (finally decided to bloom, yay!)

Zinnias

Gregg’s Mist

Mexican Marygold

Crossvine

Orange Flowering Bulbine

Datura (or Angel’s Trumpet)

Bat Face Culphea

Morning Glory

Peace!

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – September 2009

Published on: September 15, 2009December 30, 2015 by catballou24 7 Comments

September already! I am seeing the beginning signs of Fall approaching, yay! After all the rain this weekend, flowers are blooming all over. So, thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens, welcome to another Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day! Be sure to check out everyone’s blooms over at Carol’s site, truly inspirational.

We’ll start with the Salvias:

Indigo Spires

Indigo Spires taking over

Lipstick

Coral Nymph

Black and Blue

Red

Moonglow

Next we’ll check out a couple Zinnias:

Giant Purple

Green Envy

Polar Bear

And finally a smorgasbord (one of Xi’s favorite words) of other color and shapes:

Pentas

Garlic Chives

Turk’s Cap

Diamond Frost

Ginger

Bulbine

Cockscomb

Butterfly Bush

Lindheimer’s Senna

Hope your day is full of beauty! Peace!

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – August 2009

Published on: August 16, 2009December 30, 2015 by catballou24 4 Comments

Thanks to Carol over at May Dream Gardens for starting this tradition. You really should take a peek at her blog and check out everyone’s gardens while you are there!

I’m a day late I know, but I was just super busy yesterday and didn’t get out there to get pictures (the quality of today’s I must apologize for too, my camera was running low on batteries and I only had so much juice left so took them quickly). The day started at The Natural Gardener where I met up with Meredith of Great Stems and Caroline of The Shovel Ready Garden. First time meeting in person and I have to say it was so nice. These two gals really are as wonderful as they sound in their blogs and we had a great time hanging out amongst the plants! We were taking the organic vegetable gardening class that was being offered, so it was fun to meet up in person! Alot of what was discussed I was aware of, however I did learn a few things in regards to soil preparation, so it was worth it. For taking the class, we were all given a coupon good for that day – 10% off entire purchase! Plus there was a sale going on, all plants are 30% off right now and most everything else is on sale for 10 – 20% off as well! This sale is going on through the 20th, so if you are local head on down and pick up some things for your garden! I got a couple Rock Rose Plants, some Verbena (the girls picked these out), a Coral Salvia, and my new obsession – a purple Datura that is just about to bloom! Oh yes, very exciting indeed! The girls love hanging out there, so while I was in class they ran around with J checking everything out. We were there all morning then went to lunch and came home to get a few things done around here before going down to our neighbor’s whose house J designed. They were pouring the slab, so it was a big deal. The girls and I came up after awhile and crashed. We were tired! Today we all feel the need to be a bit more lazy, so after getting the new plants potted and in the ground the girls have opted for a movie, J is on the computer downstairs and here I am. I do have housework to do so I’ll be ready for the week, but not a ton and it can wait. Sometimes it is nice to just sit and breath…

On to the blooms. I am a day late but here we go!

Pride of Barbados:

Esperanza (my yellow flowering one isn’t blooming at all, the plant is growing super tall and strong though so not sure what the deal is right now):

Plumbago:

A single Turk’s Cap:

Milkweed:

Zinnias going strong:

Datura. These are double blooms too!:

More Zinnia:

Sunflower:

Petunias going strong:

One of the new Rock Roses. This one was tagged as a Mexican Rock Rose. Meredith at Great Stems wrote a good post on her Rock Roses, so when I saw these I had to get them:

My first Morning Glory! Yay!

The new Coral Nimph Salvia:

Peace!

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2009

Published on: July 15, 2009December 30, 2015 by catballou24 5 Comments

Once again, it’s that time of month for our blooms to be seen. Thank you Carol at May Dream Gardens for starting this! Enjoy…Peace!

Velvet Leaf Honeysuckle:

Ruella and Turk’s Cap:

Pentas:

Plumbago:

Lupine:

Pride of Barbados:

Milkweed:

Crape Myrtle:

Zinnia:

More Pride of Barbados:

Spearmint:

Wild Sunflowers:

Cherry Tomato (upside down tomato pot):

Purple Coneflowers:

Salvia:

Gregg’s Mist:

Cinnamon Basil:

Esperanza:

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – June 2009

Published on: June 15, 2009December 30, 2015 by catballou24 8 Comments

I am participating in the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, which happens every 15th of the month and was started by Carol over at May Dreams Gardens. I took all these within the last hour, so it’s all fresh and blooming as I type. Enjoy! Peace!

Diamond Frost:

Black Eyed Susans:

Wild Sunflower just outside the fence…we let these go with some maintenance:

I don’t know what this is. It is growing from the middle of some curly looking grass we planted in one of the big pots and I forgot to write down the name on the tag! Doh!: