Beginning Stages - Week 1 (June 5, 2011)

Sorry it took a while to post the pictures. The following pictures were taken on Sunday June 5th. They are week 1 after buying them from the landscaping area.

I had one remaining pot of the impatiens in which I planted them in this angel container that I got from a white elephant gift party several years ago. Cool, huh?

The blueberry tree is doing well. We haven't planted them  yet.

The following pictures are the Butterfly garden we are trying to create to attract butterflies.

These 2 are the Jim Crockett Star Asters.

Jim Crockett False Asters

This is the whole butterfly garden. I have put in cherry wood mulch on it now which I will post in a separate post. I've planted: Star Aster, Yarrows, Zinnas, Marigolds, Dark Pink Gaura, Salvias, Peony, Gladiolus, and Dahlia. I planted the Peony, Gladioulus and Dahlia bulbs in the back of the gardening area thanks to the generosity of my Sis in-law!

Images link for: Gladiolus     Karl Rosenfeld Peony      Dahlia Hawaii

These are the Belleza Dark Pink Gaura that I am not sure if there's still hope for them. They look more brown than when I first bought them.

Link to image: Belleza Dark Pink Gaura

These are the Sunny Seduction Yarrow. My neighbor has these in his garden and my other neighbor says you cannot kill Yarrows. I guess that's in my favor! LOL

Sunny Seduction Yarrow

These are the Safari Mix Marigolds

French Dwarf Marigold Safari Mix

These are the Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow Zinnias

Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow Zinnia

These are the Salvias

Salvias

Another close up picture of them.

 

 Below is the gardening area in front of the deck:

I have Diamond Frost to use to border it and a couple different annuals: Lemon Symphony and Soprano Purple flowers

Soprano Puprle

Soprano Purple

Lemon Symphony

Lemon Symphony

This is the Diamond Frost. I wanted something for border

Diamond Frost


The following are updates of how well my impatiens are blooming and so beautiful!

Below are the hibsicus flowers that came with the house. They bloom late summer/early fall. They are already starting to come up. I weeded the area and put cherry wood mulch on them. They run along the side of the house (don't ask me which direction: re - north, south).

Hibiscus Flowers


Below is the gardening area in front of the house with cherry wood mulch.

 Dahlinova Flordia annual. Hoping they will survive.

Dahlinova Florida

This is supposed to be the Dahlietta Violet Frost Dahlia Annual flower but I am not sure if they will survive

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Dahlietta Violet Frost Dahlia

Serena Lavender Pink Angelonia

Serena Lavender Pink Angelonia

 

Carita Raspberry Angelonia

Carita Raspberry Angelonia

Black-Eyed Perennials that came with the house

Black-eyed Susans

The following is the side of our driveway that is not feasible to have mulch or flowers or plants there since it is in the way of our vehicles and when we get in and out. The previous home owner had perennial flowers there and we had to kill it because it was a nuisance. We plan on putting grass seeds there.

I have yet to buy vegetable plants, but this is our garden that we will have vegetables in. It's a perfect area of our backyard that is out of the way but receives lots of sun.