Sunday, July 17, 2011

7-week update (Mid-July)

           Its been 7 weeks since Memorial Day weekend when I bought the plants. Below is my wonderful growing butterfly garden. There is one plant that is pretty much doomed. The other pair of the same plant is doing well. So I have no clue what I did wrong with this plant.



What helped the plants to grow was using the Miracle Grow Liquid Feed that is combined with my water hose. 
  Star Aster

The Marigolds

Yellow Yarrows

The Gladiolus flowers will come up soon!

The Dahlias

Zinnas

The Guara that is doing well, unlike the next picture.

The Guara that is pretty much doomed to death!
This picture and the next are the Salvias.





The Angelonias

Lots of Black-Eyed Susans in front of my house!





Hisbiscus that will bloom in August most likely.

My blueberry plant

Monday, July 4, 2011

My vegetable garden and week 3 update (June 18, 2011)

 I finally got my vegetable/fruit garden started up weekend of June 18th (3 weeks after Memorial weekend). I also included updated pictures of the plants 3 weeks later.

The following picture is my large rectangular-shaped garden:


 I found some strawberries plants at Wal-Mart. Other places were sold out: Home Depot and the place I bought my vegetable plants from. 



Salad Tomato and Grape Tomato plants:

 
               Broccoli:



                 Green Onions:


                                               
Can't really see well, but I made a couple mounded hills to plant watermelon seeds and pickle seeds.

  Jalapeno and Green Pepper plants:




                                     3rd week Impatiens update:



 
                  The Purple Soprano and Lemon Symphony:




                           The butterfly garden overview:



                                Jim Crockett Star Aster:



                One of the Gauras - its showing new growth coming up:


                                           The Marigolds:



                         The Yellow Yarrows - showing new growth as well:


                           The Dahlia bulb coming up:


                            One of the Salvia's - showing new growth:




                    One of the several gladiolus flower bulbs coming up:


                                 The Zinnas:



    Our peach tree we bought several years ago (maybe 3 or 4 years ago). The right side shows a small peach growth.








                         Our hibiscus perennials are growing well!

 


                         The Dahlia varieties:
                                                      





                                    The Angelonias:



 
                               The Black-eyed Susan getting ready to bloom: