theme‘My views of the south’as seen thru the eyes of a former New Yorker
We've worked for years to get our vegetable garden soil in shape by tilling in natural matter such as leaves so that we can grow organic veggies.
We've worked for years to get our vegetable garden soil in shape by tilling in natural matter such as leaves so that we can grow organic veggies.
It’s a completely different story with the gardens
surrounding the house. We have some bushes and a crape myrtle even an azalea or
two. Flowers however are really hard to grow here because of the heat and the
huge amounts of clay in the soil.
Needless to say we do have flowers but they’re mostly
perennials/bulbs many which have been on this property since we've move here like these tiger lillies.
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Or these wildflowers which I photographed down by my pond one day. I have no idea what they are but they are strange and lovely at the same time.
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We have a lot of daffodils that were planted before we moved in. I'm a terrible gardener, but I'm trying to learnn. My grandmother (in-law) is an incredible gardener, so I plant the flowers she says have a chance of making it where she tells me to plant them.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of sand when I live. And it seems not to matter how much new top soil we add. The sand eventually finds it way back. So I plant all my flowers in pots and hanging baskets. Beautiful pictures, by the way
ReplyDeleteI do plant flowers here... but mostly of the no-maintenance perennial variety LOL I used to love gardening but for the past ten years or so I've found that the mosquitoes make it very unpleasant. Edmonton's mosquitoes... lemme tell ya, you've never seen the like LOL
ReplyDeleteThe heat isn't the only thing that kills flowers around here... I have black thumbs! What you have looks gorgeous, and is obviously pretty hardy and does well!
ReplyDeleteStrange and lovely indeed. Love the bright red color. Also, in the bottom shot, they look like some sort of fruit flowers.
ReplyDeleteI don't plant at our house, but we do have beautiful roses in the front and back yard. We do our best to maintain them, and so far so good.
Those are pretty tiger lillies; no we don't plant anything here, but we tend to grow lots of weeds :)
ReplyDeletebetty
Lovely pictures, you know from my blog I kill the poor things. Thanks for coming by
ReplyDeleteTale of the Reborn Crafter.
Flowers...Weeds...whatever is green or blooming...we take it all here in Texas. These days my philosophy due to the drought is...I don't grow it or buy it if I can't eat it or wear it. Sad, huh? I do love flowers and gardening. It's hard this time of year to stick to my 'NoMoCanGrow' Motto! Pretty photos. My post for Letter F is about Flowers, too!
ReplyDeleteSue at CollectInTexas Gal
Oh, I start off each season by planting flowers in a little area in front of the house. I learned rather quickly, though, that the deer like my flowers. It’s pretty frustrating. However, I have found that deer do not like Flowering Vinca. They resemble Impatiens. So that is pretty much what I plant.
ReplyDeleteThis is the second flower post I've seen today! I guess spring is on people's minds. I absolutely love those tiger lilies. There are some tulips and other bulbs around my house, but I don't think they're as pretty.
ReplyDeleteWe have a heavy clay soil too, and hot dry summers, but I still try to plant a few annuals in the front yard every year, and I love seeing the the perennials change during the seasons. Many were already here when we moved in, and I've added a few here and there. We don't have a gorgeous garden, but I've learned to enjoy the flowers one or two blossoms at a time. Love your tiger lilies!
ReplyDeleteWe have lots of daffodils too. I just bought two hanging pots of pansies which I am sure I will manage to kill off in no time. I tend to do that. Wish I had a greener thumb. Mostly I enjoy everyone else's good gardening and I putts along. I have managed to keep a few things alive and for that I thank God. Enjoying your pics. God bless, Maria
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until I can plant again. We've got a while before we can do that here in Maine. I still have snow in my yard! Happy to see flowers again...even if they are on my computer screen. :)
ReplyDeleteI have those orange flowers!!!! Not sure what they are called, but I love! xx
ReplyDeleteThat stinks that flowers are so hard to grow - but on the other hand, you have naturally growing tiger lilies! They're so beautiful, and so hard to come by up north.
ReplyDeleteI'm a terrible gardener. It has been so wet here over the past few years that there's not much chance for flowers to grow. Last summer I have a few pots with lovely flowers and this year I have thrown down lots of wild flowers seeds in part of the garden so just hoping for the best.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful pictures. Did you take these? I suck at gardening. I do better with flowers, I love them, but I forget to water them and they die. I really can't be trusted with nature.
ReplyDeletelovely.. we discovered we have a bunch of daffodils pre planted by the previous owner. can't wait for them to bloom
ReplyDeleteYour lilies are beautiful Jen! I don't recognize those red flowers....would probably never survive up here.
ReplyDeleteWe planted TONS of flowers here over the years and they were beautiful for years until the trees and shrubs grew too and shaded them out. Now our only, well mostly, flowers are on shrubs/bushes.