Flowers and More Flowers!

Somehow, despite weeks without rain and what I thought was a total lack of sunshine in our yard, we've got some beautiful flowers blooming in the garden right now, so I just had to share...

This is one of the few spots where the sun hits, so the lavender is very happy here.

Even a couple of daisies made it!

Now I knew I planted a couple of marigolds, but for some reason this one seems to be the most enormous marigold I've ever seen!

I can't explain it, I just have an irrational weakness for morning glories. Love them!

And look how lovely these beauties are! I'm not actually sure what they're called, but they were on sale at the garden centre, so I call that a success.

Another Day in the Garden...

Ok, here's how it started...

Once upon a time there was an gigantic pine tree in our front yard. Now that it's gone, we get buckets of sunshine, but also buckets of weeds growing faster than I can keep up with them. That, combined with general neglect, has made our front yard into a total weed disaster.  And yes, I planted that grass plant there on purpose because one day there will be a garden here.

But I have to say I'm thrilled to welcome this surprise of yellow daisies that appeared in our yard this year!

So I went out one day and bought what I thought was tons of little alyssum cell packs so I could plant a border along the walkway to try to keep the weeds under control. Turns out I only bought about 1/4 of what I needed...

So it's looking good, but now I've run out, and there is no more alyssum to be had at garden centres. So I went back and bought some other little plants to finish the job. (Bonus - the new ones are perennials, so I don't have to do this job every single year!)

Check that out! So damn tidy! (Just ignore those overgrown weedy shrubs on the right - they'll get dealt with eventually.)

The photo below shows the baby's breath plants I bought - not the same baby's breath as was in your high school prom corsage. This was actually in the thyme section. (go figure?)

And this photo shows the irish moss I planted in the shade  near the door. It fills in to create a gorgeous carpet of dense green moss with tiny white flowers.

Now fingers crossed for some rain so this stuff all survives!