Alasandra's Garden

I love the Mexican Petunias. 

 I think yellow is a very cheerful color. Yellow flowers always make me smile.

The insects like my yellow buttercup shrub.

Does anyone know what the insects on the leaves are?

The Thyme is blooming.

Foxgloves

The red is a Texas Star Hibiscus and the pink is a Chinese Hibiscus

The beginning of my Cottage Garden. The flowerbeds will eventually be rocked up like the flowerbed in the front yard. If you enlarge the photo you may be able to see the roses. They were gifts from my parents and are suppose to have pink and red blooms.

Alasandra's Garden

I love Columbine, although I don't have much luck growing it.

I thought this one was a very interesting color.

It had both dark and light pink blooms.

I thought it look really nice in my flower tea cup.

Goes nice with the wind chime too.

Marine Heliotrope

I think the purple blooms are stunning.

And I love the CAT plant holder.

Alasandra's Garden

The Stokes Aster is full of blooms. I hope I have a chance to show you a picture of it blooming. We have been getting mega rain, so while I noticed it was blooming yesterday when I took Fenris for a walk I haven't had a chance to get a picture of it. The purple Verbena did great, it is one of the first things to bloom in the butterfly garden. I hope to get more Verbena in different colors. The Encore Azaleas had a hard time of it this winter and don't seem to be doing very well. While I love the fact the Encore blooms all year they seem to be less hardy then regular Azaleas so I don't think I'll get any more.

Hubby is building a raised bed around Charybdis' grave. This is his most ambitious one to date as he is making it round..

The pink & white Verbena around Whiskers' grave. The pink did wonderful, but the white seems to be struggling to survive.

The blue flowers died after we got a heavy rain. Sorry I can't remember their name.

I love pots that are unique, I am trying to find more. Especially in larger sizes. This one is a nice size as I was able to get several plants in it.

I think it looks nice on top of the water faucet. I want to get another one for the faucet in front of the barn. I'll probably wait till this fall though.