The Second Week Of June In The Backyard: Part 1

It's amazing how fast things grow when you aren't home to see them. Because I haven't done a yard post since before we left for Arizona, I decided I had better break this up into two. There's lots of new babies bloomin', so I'll start out with photos of things in pots.


My mom just gave me this begonia the other day. Isn't it cool?

The big deck planter and fence pots are comin' along.

I bought three different Cuphea this year. Do you think I could find the tags for them? I probably put them someplace "safe" so I wouldn't lose them. Ahem. One still isn't blooming, but here are two of them.

This is a new-to-me plant this year. It's pretty fun - I'm excited for it to get goin' good. The tag has two names. Pink Mulla Mulla and Ptilotus exaltatus, 'Joey.'

I looked everywhere this year for the white annual Salvia I grew last year that did SO well, but I never found any. I did find the same type in a two-toned color, that I picked up instead, and stuck it in several pots. This one is called Salvia coccinea, 'Nymph Coral.' I've also seen it called 'Coral Nymph.' My mom ended up finding some of the white and brought me a six-pack that I stuck out front. Here's the peachy colored one.

More mixed pots.

Peach Verbena.

I've always done just Impatiens in my window boxes on the back of the house, but they faded early last year because of the new fungus thing they get, so I mixed it up this year. I used Impatiens, Fuchsias, and 'Wojo's Jem' Vinca.

Speaking of window boxes, my experiment in the south-side ones is workin' pretty good. I had mentioned that it was just too dang hot to try to keep up with watering annuals over there, so after years of fighting it, I decided to switch it up. I stuck pieces of sedums and succulents down in last fall and everything is fillin' in pretty good.

My birdbath isn't as quick to fill in, since everything is newly planted this year, but it's comin' along.
I keep meaning to put some little rocks on top of the soil, but I just haven't gotten to it yet.

And last, my Star Of Persia is done blooming, but it still looks really cool.

I'll be back tomorrow with more backyard plants in the ground.

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