A few flowers after the rain.....

gosh .. everything is so green and colourful … beautiful gardens!!

I think I’ll just sit here and enjoy your gardens rather than going out and seeing my yard of weeds.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Isn’t it amazing how gorgeous plants make wonderful photo’s! Love you gardens, I am very jealous of all the great plants you have in them. You gotta love it when you have volunteer plants that turn out to be winners, that butterfly bush and phlox are great plants, and I really like the deep color on the morning glory.

Enjoy your oasis!

-- My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Ale

Such pretty gardens, you must love them : )

-- but for one rose, love endures

Iris your garden is getting decorated with beautiful flowers especially after the rains. Birds seem to have a favorable approach towards your garden. I am sure there are many more plants that are blooming and you will send us more pictures soon.

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

Thank you, MsDeb. I’m glad you enjoyed seeing my pictures. But as I have pointed out to you bf, we have very different objectives in our gardens. After I have been to your place and seen all the wonderful trees you have growing, and the produce your gardens provide and the exciting experiments you embark on, I feel like my gardens are lacking. I would love to have more fruit trees and more veg. growing…...but I can’t give up my flowers. So you see…..we have different priorities. And I think we are both right! :)

OttoH, I agree with you when you say flowers make gorgeous photos! LOL I’m glad you like my gardens….I do too. I really do enjoy my ‘oasis’!

Thanks for your compliment, Greenthumb.

Sharad, every week there is something different blooming in my gardens. I will take more pics in the next few days as the lawn improves and will post them here.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

As always you take sulch nice photos of your beautiful plants.

-- Pam grows 'em - I cook 'em...... Melbourne, Fl

Thanks, Harold….almost as nice as your avatar picture. :))

Sunday I had a new butterfly visit. This is the first time I observed a ‘common buckeye’ in my gardens. It seemed especially attracted to the little b’fly bush.

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A poor pic of the hummingbird moth..

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And a ‘silver-spotted skipper’

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

oh aren’t they pretty!!!!
very unique, that first one.

I’ve seen a lot of butterflies on my butterfly bush recently. Too bad I don’t have time to get out there an enjoy them at the moment.

Your witchhazel tree (that’s the last picture, yes?) ... mine has died. I think I’ve had it for about 20 years and I’ve moved it a few times. I am blaming the cat on its death – I’ve seen her a few times digging near the roots to do her business. Darned cat.
I miss my tree :(

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

You’re right, MsDeb, that is a witchhazel! It is getting almost too big, and I have been thinking I’ll need to prune it back. I have to think long about something like that bc I don’t want to spoil the look of it. It is really outstanding in the winter with the black, twisted limbs against the white snow. Right now the b’fly bush obscures the shape of it.

I don’t have a recent winter picture but here’s one from a several years ago.

I see Monarchs visit the gardens but so far have not seen any eggs or cats on the butterfly weed.

Here is a ‘painted lady’ with the ‘monarch’ enjoying the flowers.

BTW, MsDeb, guess what I did after our discussion Tues? I’ll give you a hint. LOL

This called ‘Big Bang coreopsis’ I’ve never had much luck with coreopsis but just loved the cosmo-like look of this one.

LOL! I also got a nice little papyus for my pond. Canadale had some wonderful flowers but not really any ‘big’ specials. Some very pretty perennial hibiscus, but I resisted.

Here’s a few more early morning shots of some of my gardens. Hard to get good pics with the bright AM sun.

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-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

fantastic!!!

the witchhazel is HUGE. I don’t think I could cut it.. nope, don’t think I could. It is such a fascinating bush.

I’m chuckling at the shopping—first because you did and secondly because I have to go to the nursery to get my replacement apple tree so ….
:)

your gardens are so beautiful

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

and… Grobes’ has some specials (had to go check out their website)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

All I can say is WOW.Your flowers are just beautiful as always Iris.I never get tired of seeing pictures of your flowers.I love that second lily and those coreopsis you have.Those big bang coreopsis are really stunning.If you get any extra seed from them I was wondering if you would save some for me.I would love to have them in my gardens.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Thanks, Bon. I will save seed (ifthe plant makes any) for you. Hopefully it is not a hybrid and the seed will be viable. And, hopefully this plant will survive my efforts. I do not not have a good record with the coreopsis I’ve tried in the past.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Thank you Iris for the update and nice pictures of butterflies and other blooms.

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

Iris, your flowers are so beautiful. I always enjoy seeing photos of your nature-friendly gardens.

-- "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." M. Gandhi

I want to live in your garden and stay there for ever:) Don’t get me wrong I love my little container garden. But yours is awesome:)

-- I love hostas:)