JazzMom, you have a lot of varieties. As the year goes on, I will be posting pictures of the plants I have, lots of different Salvias and drought hardy plants, all perennials, no annuals for me.
Yes, the bee in the flower is the black bugger that follows me, or one of it's relatives. I hope it hasn't scared off the honey bees. I did see them earlier this year, but not much lately, also the dreaded wasps, hate those as they do attack.
I love the little ones also. Only one bloomed, but I can't find a picture. I have one called Going Bananas, I think, but it has not bloomed yet, that I know of. Quite a few havn't bloomed, and I doubt that they will, all little ones. I ordered from Gilbert and many other companies that year, just went berserk. The spider Daylilies are impressing me the most with their size. The one that is yellow and purple that I posted is massive. I went out one morning, and there it was, causing me to yelp with delight. It doesn't give many blooms yet, but that could be because it is in filtered sun, ran out of room to stash pots with them that Fall, and hopefully will begin getting some into the ground this Fall.
I may have mentioned that the entire garden is being refurbished, three existing beds, and four yet to be created, but I have the plants for them already, so just a matter of amending this darned clay soil enough for the plants to thrive, and as you know, it is a real challenge. It is going very slowly, as I have to wait on the very difficult tasks for Sundays to roll around as that is the only day DH is here to help, but I do a lot. Last year, after a remodeling job, the contractors left a four foot high dirt berm, which I dismantled and spread around. There were a million clay dirt rocks, some broke down, and the rest were hauled off by wheelbarrow by DH after I shoveled them into the barrow, to an area that is wild and not used. They will eventually break down, but I didn't want them in the beds.
My biggest challenge is getting the over fifty Hydrangeas planted. We managed to plant three already, and I know where the majority will go, but there is so much hot sun here, and the area that I planned on putting some is shady, but now getting filtered sun, so the test will be next Spring to see if they will bloom in this area. They are in large pots now, which I moved to this area after they were already blooming. It is difficult to situate them where they will only have filtered or half day sun. Again, bought too many, but I couldn't resist, so many beauties to be had. I see a few that I don't like, so am thinking that I bought one at the grocery store and divided it, and probably bought it at a time when it was a certain color, but so far, I don't like what I am seeing, but will wait to see what they become in the end.
I like to decorate with the dried blooms, so will toss what I picked last year, and replace with the new ones, much bigger this year.
I love to see what others have planted in their landscapes.
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