Flowers: The Planned and the Unplanned

Update: I got the correct quote for perennials: Year 1, they sleep. Year 2, they creep. Year 3, they leap! Thank you Renee & Judy for the little ditty. I would say that is proving to be true, as long as I don't keep moving the plants!

In the last post I shared photos of most of the blooming perennial plants in the flower bed. This post is about the wild flower plants in the 'back forty' and the planters of annuals on the deck and near the front door.

The Unplanned: I noticed wild roses last spring/summer and I tried to avoid them when I was using the trimmer  on the 'back forty' grass. I also saw milk weed, but the city mower took care of those. I could not protect them. This year I am more conscious of the wild flowers that are growing in the wash/back forty.

Queen Anne Lace

lots of young plants

Wild Roses

the roses 'in my area' have not bloomed yet

the flowering rose was on the neighbor's lot

he did not cut his off last summer!

Notice the large rock? I moved three of them in the area of the wild roses and Queen Anne Lace to discourage the city mower from trying to get them. My neighbor and I have trimmed the grass from our lawns back into the 'back forty' so I think the wild flowers will be safe this summer.

Milk Weed

I have trimmed around the plants hoping the mower

leaves them alone

The Planned: I have four planters on the deck. Left to right: candy corn vine; the tiered planter of red, yellow and purple annuals; and the mandevilla (reds & whites). The fourth and not shown planter is the yellow hibiscus.

do you see the candy corn peeking through?

the yellow hibiscus

it had 4 open blooms one day this week

the grape tomato plant in a pail

I have 3 pails of tomato plants

two cucumber plants have survived and are thriving

there should be a cucumber for eating by the Fourth of July

planter pot of yellow and purple annuals

by the front door

And speaking of front door, we added at glass door last week to help provide some light from the west. I really like it. Happy Anniversary to us. Our other anniversary gift should arrive in July...a small freezer. Only practical gifts after 50 years!!! Actually, they've almost all been practical. When I wanted jewelry, I bought it. It saved lots of tears and disappointments over the years!

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