Posts under ‘Flowers’

A bloom unfolding!

My little flower bed in front of the house has come back to life! The iris from Mom have buds, the salvia are bigger than ever, and the voracious little bunnies are back in full force. You can see in the background of the picture my chewed-down-to-the ground liriope (the grassy border plants). I will [...]

I took a few pictures of some new blossoms this morning. I wish that I could transmit the wonderful smell of the flowers with the picture, but for now you’ll just have to imagine! The patterns on the flowers’ centers are really neat – just click on the picture to enlarge it. Coneflower (Echinacea) Honeysuckle [...]

89 flowers, 18 bushes, 200 ft soaker hose, 10 bags of mulch, and one bottle of Advil…$1,000.Time with my mom…priceless! My mom came down this weekend and helped Ryan and me finish planting our front yard. It took us about 18 hours total from start to finish, three trips to the nursery, and two trips [...]

The purple salvia we planted last year has bloomed, despite the late frost. As I was walking out to get the mail this afternoon I noticed about 10 honey bees buzzing around the flowers! I wanted to record the sound of them, but since I should be studying for finals right now, I just took [...]