Flower Power

As most of you know, I love the Victoria Educational Gardens

Victoria Educational Gardens

It's just down the road and I love to take

guest to this beautiful place

One of my favorite events at the gardens

is their semi annual plant sale!!

Our home was finished last July and I

was so excited to go to the fall plant sale. 
I couldn't wait to start planting

in my new flower beds.  At the fall sale I bought two Texas Sage Bushes,
two Pink Salvias,
and two Butterfly Bushes. 
These plants have flourished
and are doing well.

I headed out last Saturday morning to the
Spring Plant Sale to buy some new plants.  

Here is what I found -

Next I spent some time deciding
where to plant these guys
......garden design is serious business

or as my little sign in the laundry room says
"Life is a game, but gardening is serious"

White flowers are black foot daisies

I found these black foot daisies

on the table marked "native plants"

 I added one of them to my galvanized tub,

to hang out with the

"Gold Star" Esperanza 
(which is NOT blooming at the moment)

I want it to look like this one at the Victoria Gardens

Gold Star Esperanza

I put the other daisy in a pot with

some asparagus fern.  If these little
daisy plants take off, as I think they will, 
I will probably move them to their
own place in the flower bed.

One of my favorite "buys" at the Plant Sale

was the "Mystic Spires Salvia" plants.
I bought three ($7.00 each, what a deal)......

here are two of them

and here is the other mystic salvia

cozied up to my Boston fern

I couldn't resist this beauty

the pink geraniums found a

spot in the wheel barrow next

to the fern

Asparagus Fern

and speaking of ferns

I bought this beauty

and used a large pot I had 
for it's home.

I also love the fox tail fern

so I bought this one to go

beside my other one

Fox Tail Fern

I like to scatter herbs through out my

beds.  It deters the deer because they

don't like the strong smells.

I found this "hot & spicy" oregano plant

which should do the trick
(plus be delicious in dishes I cook)

I've also added Rosemary around my beds.
It does very well in this sub-tropical area
and the deer hate it!!

It might be small now but check back next year, it will more than triple it's size

This is a "Summer Pastel Yarrow" plant-

the tag said it produces pastel flowers.

I had yarrow at my other house and loved it

so I decided to give this guy a try.

.....and this plant is called "Society Garlic"

It has pretty purple flowers.

I think I'll be buying more of this

and do a mass planting.

It's quite showy in numbers.

I also bought hubby two chilli pequin plants.

(He loves these hot little peppers),
and for myself-- two small "Indigo Spires Salvia" that will someday be quite beautiful, a couple of "Anne Marie" Lantana plants that should really take off and be quite large by summer and a lovely little plant called "Nicollata Plactranthus"
which I have never seen before but

liked the look of it and am willing
to give it a try.

Here is a little look around my garden -

Mini herb garden beside back door
handy for snipping herbs for cooking

Hubby gave me his old fishing bucket for a cute planter
That's Ivy Geranium growing in it

My neighbor gave me this white Azalea plant
hopefully I'll see blooms soon

A big part of gardening is having patience.....

waiting for your new plants to flourish 

and fill out.  I'll have to post again in the fall

to show you what my beds look like then.

Meanwhile, on to the next big project.....

Grass for our yard!!!!

And then pave stone walk ways......

It's a good thing we love working outside

because there is lots of work to be done.

Every Little Birdie says-

 Happy Gardening

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