I do love flowers and each Spring I get the "fever" to fill all my empty pots on the deck with new annuals. I can't do much in the yard because I have a "digger" dog who will plow up anything I try to plant in the flower beds so I have to stick to the pots I keep up high enough he can't bother them. This is this years efforts.
Deep Pink Wave Petunias
Lavender Foxglove
The "digger" dog surveying HIS territory from HIS picnic bench.
Snoop has "pruned" the lower branches but the ones
he can't reach on the Rose Of Sharon are nice.
Golden Marigolds
I grow the gladiolas in the front yard where
Snoop can't get to them.
Red Impatiens
Red Begonias
Pink Begonias
Coral Pink Miniature Roses
Red Orange Geraniums
Hot Pink Vinca
Red Orange Double Hibiscus
The Chili Peppers Are Huge
The Mammoth Jalapenos Are Quite Prolific Too
Red Luna Hibiscus
My Favorite Of All My Plants...The Muy Grande Hot Pink Luna
Dinner Plate Size Hibiscus I've Had For Eight Years.
It's Actually A Perennial That Freezes And Comes Back Bigger
The Next Year. This Is The First Bloom This Year But
It's Loaded With Buds. It's About Six Feet Tall
And Five Feet Wide This Summer.
I Call This My "Coffee Perch" View. It's What I See Every Morning From The
Covered Part Of The Deck I Sit Under To Drink My Coffee. 45 Pots Of Pretty Blossoms
And The Neighbors Beautiful Overhanging Pink Crepe Myrtles.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
9 comments:
You grow a lot of my favourite flowers, Anna. It's snowing here at the moment, believe it or not, so your beautiful POST is very welcome. Reminds me of summer to come!
Very Nice. You have arranged well.
Thanks Jill! Your summer flowers are always nice also...hard for me to imagine snow in this sweltering heat but it's a cool thought to think of what it's like right now on the opposite side of the world.
Thanks Chuck...I never have a plan...just pick out whatever appeals to me when I visit the nursery and I love variety.
What beautiful pictures! Your potted garden is just lovely. I love that you found a way to outsmart your "digger" and you get to still enjoy all the blooms! I can't decide which is my favorite potted plant because they are all so pretty. The Luna fascinates me that it comes back bigger each year. :) Wow! I am glad you get to stop and enjoy the flowers each morning!
~Jess
Thanks Jess! Trying to outsmart Snoop is a challenge. I've tried planting things in the beds while he wasn't looking but he always manages to find and demolish them.
I do love the Luna's, the flowers are magnificent but only last one day but there is almost always another bud beside it ready to pop open. They bloom at midnight, the reason they are called Luna's.
I love your pot garden. And now I see what you mean about your deck's built-in bench. How perfect for displaying your beauties. I wish I could sit out there with you some morning sipping coffee and chatting about plants and publishing and all the other topics we have in common.
Snoop is too funny. HIS bench! He's a cutie pie. Great post my friend.
Thanks Grace! I'm sure you and I would find lots to discuss out on the deck about flowers and writing and a variety of other subjects. Thanks for visiting!
Beautiful "pot" garden Anna!
I imagine sweet aromas fill the air too.
:-)
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